New member Rose and Randy

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Welcome to BYC! Can you post a picture showing the bare patches?
For feed, a grower or flock maintainer food that has 18% to 20% protein is best for feather quality. Give them a bowl of oyster shell on the side for calcium, as well as a dish of grit.
How cold is your coop? As long as it is dry and free from draft, and has plenty of ventilation they will most likely be fine. It is a really bad idea to keep them inside. They need at least 12 square inches of ventilation each, even when it is cold.
 
RoseandRan said:
What about the exposed skin? They go outside during the day and it is cold. We have 2 coops put together we need to take the divider out … they have no protection from the cold .. so keep them inside the coop?
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Can you post a picture of the coop set up, as well as the chickens?
 
RoseandRan said:
We are new to chicken ownership. We stared out not understanding what was meant by straight run …. We got 3 roosters and 2 hens. We can only gage hens where we live.
We finally were successful. We only want eggs. We will not eat the birds.

We need help. It is cold here , tonight is below zero. Our hen we think are molting . They have bare back ends in the cent area…. All but one. We have 5 . 2 Rhode Island reds , 2 black ones that produce large eggs and one other who peas from the straight run group.

They are all in the basement, and pee u ;( We have a good coop, but it is too cold out there.

We have an extra large dog cage, and their baby cage connected . It is not big enough. We are considering making an area in the basement with a tarp down ( I thought the garage might be better, husband said, it was too cold. He loves these girls!) … so they have more room until some feathers or it warms up …
We are giving dio. Earth, and Zyfend a , just in case and high protein food and table veg and fruit scraps and our Conor Parrot’s scarps
Anyone have some suggestions?
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Welcome to BYC!
 

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