Red Angry bottom and no eggs

[MysteryChicken]

They have free access to this and they get about 3 cups scratch & 1 cup dried meal worms to share among all. Plus veggie scraps a few days a week. Nothing in their diet has changed. Free range all day everyday on an acre of mowed pasture grass.

I'd cut out the veggie scraps for awhile.

How often do you offer the mealworms, & scratch?

 

[MysteryChicken]

They have free access to this and they get about 3 cups scratch & 1 cup dried meal worms to share among all. Plus veggie scraps a few days a week. Nothing in their diet has changed. Free range all day everyday on an acre of mowed pasture grass.

Is this whole grain?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Could also be acites

 

[dawg53]

It's entirely possible that urates in feces have scalded her skin causing the redness, irritation and inflammation.
I recommend that you purchase Nu-Stock at a feed store and apply it to the affected area and it will heal in time, as well as deter picking.
The Nu-Stock will be in the equine section and wear disposable gloves applying it. Shake the tube well.

 

[artbykarenehaley]

Have you observed other hens picking on this one? Feather picking from others can cause baldness, and it's usually caused by a low protein diet. (I learned this the hard way with my Easter eggers, one was a fan of picking and eating the other one's beard and she stopped when I switched to all flock 20% protein and offered egg shell and oyster shell on the side to make up for the lower calcium)
As for sun protection, this gal may have to be a shut in for a while. Try the nu stock as a previous reply mentioned to heal the sore skin.

Have you palpated her lower abdomen to see if there is an egg stuck? You will feel an egg shaped lump. If this has been an issue for six months, it is not likely she is egg bound. I'm not very experienced with egg bound hens but I think she should have died before now if that was an issue.

Poor girl! I hope she feels better soon.

 

[Jmml219]

Ouch, does the skin feel hot to the touch?

Yes!! So very hot!

 

[Jmml219]

It's entirely possible that urates in feces have scalded her skin causing the redness, irritation and inflammation.
I recommend that you purchase Nu-Stock at a feed store and apply it to the affected area and it will heal in time, as well as deter picking.
The Nu-Stock will be in the equine section and wear disposable gloves applying it. Shake the tube well.

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So this should be applied to the entire area that is red and hot? Because it runs the whole length of her body. Starting at the booty and all up her underside to about the neck area. Will it “heal” the skin or just camouflage it with blue so she can not be brutalized by the flock? Because, honestly she is the highest in the pecking order and nobody messes with her. I think she’s plucking herself. I’ve watched and I’ve never seen anybody messing with her.

 

[Jmml219]

I'd cut out the veggie scraps for awhile.

How often do you offer the mealworms, & scratch?

Usually everyday or every other day. And veggie scraps a couple times a week. I cut out all scraps and scratch for weeks at a time and haven’t noticed any changes good or bad.
In your opinion for a flock of 11 is a scant 3 cups of premium scratch and 1 cup meal worms to much?

 

[dawg53]

Yes, it should be applied wherever there's redness. It will heal the skin and prevent picking. Urates scald skin, think of it as a scald. That's what Nu-Stock treats. It is NOT anything like Blu-Kote. It will also prevent your hen from picking her own feathers and fluff.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Usually everyday or every other day. And veggie scraps a couple times a week. I cut out all scraps and scratch for weeks at a time and haven’t noticed any changes good or bad.
In your opinion for a flock of 11 is a scant 3 cups of premium scratch and 1 cup meal worms to much?

11 birds, 3 cups is abit much scratch. 1½ - 2 should be fine with 11 birds.

1 cup of mealworms is fine, if not given too frequently. Same with the scratch.