Rooster molt ?

[Mountain Granny]

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me. I noticed my rooster looked like the girls might have pulled some feathers off him. I picked him up and I turned him on his back. The inside of his legs are missing feathers & I can see where he's getting new ones. The thing is he has like bright red round spots where the new feather is coming in. Like a big pimple. They are all over his legs where the new feather is. I have never seen this on the hens. I also have 2 Barred rock hens that are bald on the back & vent area. I have checked them for bugs but haven't seen any but I am really wondering if this is mites or lice. I also have 3 Orpington hens in there and 2 have no feather loss. 1 just started losing some on her back. That looks like she is molting. I put blue note on the barred rocks last night. But I'm worried about the rooster. Any ideas ?? Thanks for reading this.

 

[nuthatched]

Hi there, we need more information.
What's their diet? How many hens to rooster? What size area do they have?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The inside of his legs are missing feathers & I can see where he's getting new ones. The thing is he has like bright red round spots where the new feather is coming in. Like a big pimple. They are all over his legs where the new feather is.

I also have 2 Barred rock hens that are bald on the back & vent area. I have checked them for bugs but haven't seen any but I am really wondering if this is mites or lice.

Hi, can you post photos of your hens and rooster?

Feather loss on the back may be from mating damage. Sometimes around the vent area, this is due to being plucked/picked.

Not sure about the feathers around the legs, hard to know what's going on there, hopefully the photos can clear some of that up.

If you are seeing pin feathers coming in, then he's molting too.

See that everyone is eating a nutritionally balanced feed and drinking well.

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me. I noticed my rooster looked like the girls might have pulled some feathers off him. I picked him up and I turned him on his back. The inside of his legs are missing feathers & I can see where he's getting new ones. The thing is he has like bright red round spots where the new feather is coming in. Like a big pimple. They are all over his legs where the new feather is. I have never seen this on the hens. I also have 2 Barred rock hens that are bald on the back & vent area. I have checked them for bugs but haven't seen any but I am really wondering if this is mites or lice. I also have 3 Orpington hens in there and 2 have no feather loss. 1 just started losing some on her back. That looks like she is molting. I put blue note on the barred rocks last night. But I'm worried about the rooster. Any ideas ?? Thanks for reading this.

 

[Mountain Granny]

Hi, can you post photos of your hens and rooster?

Feather loss on the back may be from mating damage. Sometimes around the vent area, this is due to being plucked/picked.

Not sure about the feathers around the legs, hard to know what's going on there, hopefully the photos can clear some of that up.

If you are seeing pin feathers coming in, then he's molting too.

See that everyone is eating a nutritionally balanced feed and drinking well.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The loss on the hens is typical from rooster mating and perhaps some plucking too.

The rooster, does he lay down a lot? He's molting and some new feathers are coming in, so hopefully that will fill in.

It may not hurt to give them all a good dusting of Permethrin based poultry dust.

 

[Mountain Granny]

The loss on the hens is typical from rooster mating and perhaps some plucking too.

The rooster, does he lay down a lot? He's molting and some new feathers are coming in, so hopefully that will fill in.

It may not hurt to give them all a good dusting of Permethrin based poultry dust.

He's not laying down that iv seen. He seems ok. The redness had me worried. I got some all flock that's 20 percent protein. And am in the process of switching them to it. Do you know of a good brand of poultry dust I could get ? Thank you for your advice!!