agold23
Songster
- May 25, 2021
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My 18/19 week old Ameraucauna mix pullet’s tail feathers have seemingly been disappearing. I’m pretty sure she’s too young to molt and if she was she’d be missing feathers everywhere. They are on chick mash as our youngest chicks are 14 weeks. I have thin layer of diatomaceous earth underneath straw in the bottom of the chicken coop to prevent lice and I checked all the chickens and they seem to be all mite/lice free. The first picture is from almost 4 weeks ago, she’s with a full tail. The second picture is today, she’s just lost all of her long tail feathers. She seems to be the only one out of 6 chickens who has lost their tails like that. She is otherwise same the active, curious hen as she was when we brought her home a month and a half ago. I’m curious as to what could be causing it! If anyone has ever gone through anything like this before let me know!