Need help with roo loosing feather's *pics*

[Barnyard]

I hope I posted in the right section.....

I first thought that my sizzle roo and my gray silkie roo may be going through a molt, but this has been going on for about 2 months and He is just getting worse. I have checked for mites and lice, there is none. I have also seven dusted the coop and all of the hens and roos in with him. I have not wormed them, but I don't know if that is an issue. He is really puney. You can feel his breast bone easily. The other's look a little worn but nothing compared to this. Please, I am looking for any help I can get because I am clueless. Here are the pics.

 

[Barnyard]

Now I know that there has got to be somebody out there that know's what is going on here...... Come on people help a poor girl out here

 

[Renee]

Hang in there, most of the really informed types get home from work soon...

 

[chickendude]

Help will arive soon I'm sure. good luck to you.

 

[raroo]

It could be head picking by other roosters, and self picking (or other roo picking) on the rest of his body.
What I would do is try separating him from other roosters, just him and some ladies, and up his protein and give him a vitamin supplement.
Give that a try, and see if it works. Hopefully it is not self picking as that is a very difficult problem to cure. At the very least his head and neck feathers will grow back and he will put on some weight, too.
Self picking could be caused by stress from the other roos, and may stop once he is away from them and stress free with a nice rich diet for a while.
Good luck, I hope your poor lil roostie gets better soon!!

 

[NarutoTn]

he could be in with to many chickens for himself.

 

[Barnyard]

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Do you think this would be a problem even though he is the head roo. I know he is boss. IF anything I would think the girls would be loosing feather's worse than him. He is rough on his women....kinda takes what he wants, lol.

 

[Barnyard]

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I have 2 rooster's and 7 ladies.....

 

[onthespot]

a few of my bantam cochins are doing the same thing, and it is not feather picking. I have dusted them with ProZap poultry dust and am having a lot of feathers growing back, but then a month later they started losing feathers again, just like your roo. Starts under the wattles and back of the head. Different cages, never interracting. It happened when I put broodies in a broodie cage well padded with straw and I think the different hens caught it from that broodie setup. I'm still not sure what the bugs are, but I'm sure it is mites or something. I have bought some pour on Ivermectin but have not used it yet. Still waiting to see if the dust worked the second time around. I don't eat the cochin eggs so I don't mind Frontline or Ivermecting them, just trying to see what product works best without overlapping them. (Sorry hens! It is for the sake of knowledge.) For what it's worth, they don't look miserable, not scratching or head shaking... just slowly going bald. Aside from that, not all the hens in a given pen are getting it, just some. I am puzzled too, but I think it's mites.

 

[newdock]

All 3 of my frizzled birds are like that. I think they must have 2 frizzle genes making them frazzled. They look terrible, but don't seem to mind. It's definitely not bugs in my case because it is just the 3 frizzles and they've been like that for 2 years.

Is it possible that your frizzle got some bad genes too?