My 6 year old Buff orpington, Rosie, started to lose her feathers about 10 months ago. It started with her throat area and i originally thought that one of my other birds was plucking them out. I installed a camera in the coop to observe the behaviour of my girls but no bullying or feather plucking seemed to be occurring. She has slowly lost more and more feathers all over her poor old body a bit like a hard moult but there are no signs of regrowth at all. She is still eating well and has seemed otherwise OK until one of my broody chickens turned on her the other day and attacked her which has made my poor bald girl less enthusiastic for life
I cannot see any evidence of mites and my other girls are all fine and flourishing and I would assume that if there were mites in the coop they would all have them and start to look poorly?
Would a worm infestation cause this to happen to just one chicken?
Its really difficult to find a vet who takes chickens seriously in my city....so help is appreciated from the wise chicken community.
I cannot see any evidence of mites and my other girls are all fine and flourishing and I would assume that if there were mites in the coop they would all have them and start to look poorly?
Would a worm infestation cause this to happen to just one chicken?
Its really difficult to find a vet who takes chickens seriously in my city....so help is appreciated from the wise chicken community.