Okay she got back to me, apparently a second one has the same thing so I am guessing its Molting. I still want to ask your advice though just in case, its always better to have more then one opinion on this. She said about 10 months old, Gotten them in March of this year. This is the second hen having the problem. This is the one in question. Top of the first one in question And she just said that [COLOR=1D2129]
Quoted" Also I don't think they are all laying yet I'm getting about 5 eggs a day and I have 10 hens."
It's a pullet, and that doesn't look like normal molting - not to mention birds who aren't laying yet certainly won't be molting. Looks like rooster wear or feather picking to me.
Looks more like feather picking. If she started layer feed before they were done growing and developing, it could be that a few may be protein deficient and are eating each others feathers to compensate for the lack of protein. The Easter Egger pictured is definitely female.
It's a pullet, and that doesn't look like normal molting - not to mention birds who aren't laying yet certainly won't be molting. Looks like rooster wear or feather picking to me.
I agree, looks more like feather picking than molting. We used to have a feather picking problem within our flock and that's what they all looked like before it got bad. Feather picking can turn into a real nasty situation.
Definitely bantam. Eggs from MPC, was marked Serama, but it's not a Serama. I also got bantam cochins, and this could possibly be one, but the leg feathering isn't very heavy and its not as plump a body as most cochins. Other possibilities?
I agree, looks more like feather picking than molting. We used to have a feather picking problem within our flock and that's what they all looked like before it got bad. Feather picking can turn into a real nasty situation.
Feather picking, if related to a protein deficiency, is easily remedied by switching to a higher protein feed. If it's due to overcrowding stress, it's an entirely different beast altogether. Feather picking, induced by overcrowding, is very difficult to stop, even when the birds are eventually given ample space.
At the age that her birds are, she would know if there was a rooster in the flock.
Feather picking, if related to a protein deficiency, is easily remedied by switching to a higher protein feed. If it's due to overcrowding stress, it's an entirely different beast altogether. Feather picking, induced by overcrowding, is very difficult to stop, even when the birds are eventually given ample space.
At the age that her birds are, she would know if there was a rooster in the flock.
Feather picking, if related to a protein deficiency, is easily remedied by switching to a higher protein feed. If it's due to overcrowding stress, it's an entirely different beast altogether. Feather picking, induced by overcrowding, is very difficult to stop, even when the birds are eventually given ample space.
This is the one in question.
