OK, this is getting out of hand.....

[ivan3]

You'd be feeling some volunteers crawling on you by now. But, closeup and ugly: http://ucanr.org/freepubs/docs/8162.pdf

 

[speckledhen]

Could she just be molting? I know about the broody patch, but I have two Ameraucanas that molted out their beards. No lice, just molting. And some of my girls look like Turkens and some are bare bottomed. Dang molting is awful sometimes.

 

[Justino]

it could be molting.....but i dont know...no one else looks anything like her.... i didnt know they molt their beards??? its been pretty hot here... i thought they only molt when it starts gettin cold?


Thanks everyone for tryin to help

Penny's loved by the whole family and lately shes been scaring us with her sudden feather losses....

 

[Whispering Winds]

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Explain broody patch, please?

 

[speckledhen]

When hens go broody, they pluck their feathers so the eggs can be next to their skin.

 

[Whispering Winds]

Isn't God wonderful!!! Such a good idea. I remember the old hens as a little girl and how good they were to their little babies, watching out for them and taking them on their food strolls. . .

 

[ladycat]

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My number #1 BEST brood hen is an EE. She never went broody until she had been laying for a year or so, but once she got started, she won't stop. She hatches a new clutch every couple of months year around. And she raises the chicks, too. She's an excellent mom.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Another thought regarding this:

My bearded silkie pullet molted about half her beard a few days before she decided to go broody and now her whole breast is plucked.