Red Angry bottom and no eggs

[Jmml219]

My poor chicken has a red leather looking Bottom. She has not laid an egg in weeks. I can not find evidence of lice or mites. She’s almost completely hairless and what feathers she has left are frizzy and unhealthy looking. She has ample room in coop and run. They free range all day every day. Free choice feed and have oyster shells and grit at all times. She’s 2 y/o with 8 coop mates that have also all stopped laying at the same time but she’s the only one who looks like this. Please help!!

 

[MysteryChicken]

The pin feathers suggest she's molting. The raggedy feathers left are the old ones, that will eventually fall out, & be replaced too.

The redness could be due to sun exposure.

 

[MysteryChicken]

How much protein is in the feed?

 

[Jmml219]

The pin feathers suggest she's molting. The raggedy feathers left are the old ones, that will eventually fall out, & be replaced too.

The redness could be due to sun exposure.

Thanks for responding!
Does anyone use sunscreen on their chickens? She’s been this way since mid winter despite treating her with sprays and ointments. If it is molting will it have lasted 6 months? And how would that account for my 7 other chickens all having stopped laying at the exact same time? They are all the same age but my sick bird is the only one that looks even remotely like it is molting?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thanks for responding!
Does anyone use sunscreen on their chickens? She’s been this way since mid winter despite treating her with sprays and ointments. If it is molting will it have lasted 6 months? And how would that account for my 7 other chickens all having stopped laying at the exact same time? They are all the same age but my sick bird is the only one that looks even remotely like it is molting?

I have a hen that's been molting since May. Some are slow.

I wouldn't use sunscreen. Ingredients maybe toxic.


She could be suffering a nutritional imbalance, which could be the reason she's like this.

What do you feed as the main diet?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thanks for responding!
Does anyone use sunscreen on their chickens? She’s been this way since mid winter despite treating her with sprays and ointments. If it is molting will it have lasted 6 months? And how would that account for my 7 other chickens all having stopped laying at the exact same time? They are all the same age but my sick bird is the only one that looks even remotely like it is molting?

The other 7 hens maybe preparing for molt. It's normal for them to stop laying when it's molting season.

 

[Jmml219]

The other 7 hens maybe preparing for molt. It's normal for them to stop laying when it's molting season.

But would they start preparing for the molt 3 months in advance?? That’s how long it’s been since they have laid eggs.

 

[Jmml219]

I have a hen that's been molting since May. Some are slow.

I wouldn't use sunscreen. Ingredients maybe toxic.


She could be suffering a nutritional imbalance, which could be the reason she's like this.

What do you feed as the main diet?

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.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Ouch, does the skin feel hot to the touch?

 

[MysteryChicken]

But would they start preparing for the molt 3 months in advance?? That’s how long it’s been since they have laid eggs.

It varies. They may stop laying early to prepare, or go through a slow/light molt.