My white broilers butts are red and swollen!

[oreoblizzard]

My white broilers butts are red and swollen they don't have many feathers around their vents they are 8 weeks old.

 

[Chick Charm]

A picture could really help here. Broilers tend to have less feathering. To determine if it is normal or something else, a picture would be worth a thousand words. Some of my Cornish X's are almost bald sometimes.

Wish ya the best.

 

[oreoblizzard]

One died a few das ago and I found another one dead this morning and one is not looking too good. Help!!!

 

[Chick Charm]

Looks like they are pecking each other a bit. Maybe even picking their own feathers. Should be alright.

How much longer till you process? Lack of feathers will make plucking easier.

 

[V-NH]

That looks normal to me. I have 25 broilers that are 5 weeks old and every, single one of them looks like that. Cornish X have really red skin until they are processed and cool down, from what I have seen. They also never seem to completely feather out.

 

[bernaboo111]

could have lice/mites. If it is an infestation, that could be what is causing the death. Try spraying down the coop with Poultry Protector, and I mean every last little bit ( take out the bedding first) and then spray the chickens. Spray under the chickens wings, near her vent, and on her chest. If that doesn't work then ask someone else, because that stuff always works for me.