Jemma Rider
Songster
I recently noticed a bald spot on my roosters brest bone where all of the feathers are missing, he is molting but there aren't any pin feathers or anything around it so i think it's something else. He is a six month old black cooper marans rooster, he's not quite mature yet, not crowing or mounting the hens yet. I hold him more then the others since he's a rooster could it be me who accidentally pulled his feathers out, or has he plucked himself. They have a dustbath in their run but they never use it they only dustbathe in my dads flower bed when i let them all out. The skin isn't irritated and he always sleeps on the roosts, i say that because i read they can lose feathers if they sleep on the floor. He doesn't seem bothered by it and I'm checking it for frost bite, it's very small, not red or any odd color, and otherwise he acts completely normal and healthy. I don't really know what i can do to help the feathers grow back if they even can until the next molt. Really I'm just worried he's plucking his own feathers.
