Hello all,
Ok, I have a 2 year old Rhodebar rooster who's practically naked.
He's not moulting -- he's been like this for about six months.
He doesn't have mites (I've checked -- there's nothing on him).
His behaviour is otherwise normal: he eats, struts, defends the flock, and generally has a bad-ass attitude.
No other birds in the flock look like this.
Food is standard Peaveymart layer feed (he just eats what the hens eat).
Coop is clean (relatively -- as clean as a chicken coop can reasonably be) -- bedding is straw and compressed corn husks, but he uses the roosting perches, so...
He has access to a sand bath.
He gets regular access to grass, bugs, etc. (I let the flock out regularly to wander the yard).
Poop seems normal.
Aside from the fact that he's a nudist, he seems fine.
The pic doesn't do it justice. Pick him up and look under his wings and he's all just skin.
I'd welcome any theories as to what I can do to help this poor guy.
Ok, I have a 2 year old Rhodebar rooster who's practically naked.
He's not moulting -- he's been like this for about six months.
He doesn't have mites (I've checked -- there's nothing on him).
His behaviour is otherwise normal: he eats, struts, defends the flock, and generally has a bad-ass attitude.
No other birds in the flock look like this.
Food is standard Peaveymart layer feed (he just eats what the hens eat).
Coop is clean (relatively -- as clean as a chicken coop can reasonably be) -- bedding is straw and compressed corn husks, but he uses the roosting perches, so...
He has access to a sand bath.
He gets regular access to grass, bugs, etc. (I let the flock out regularly to wander the yard).
Poop seems normal.
Aside from the fact that he's a nudist, he seems fine.
The pic doesn't do it justice. Pick him up and look under his wings and he's all just skin.
I'd welcome any theories as to what I can do to help this poor guy.