Mowglimommychick
Songster
- May 9, 2018
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My sister (central Virginia area) has a spacious covered coop and run. It is clean and well-maintained. Her birds don't free range. All of them are about 2 years old or younger.
Recently there has been feather loss that I felt was likely molt, but on looking more closely, I'm not sure. Some areas are completely bald, the skin looks red and hot, some flaking too. One hen is fully feathered except her entire "butt" and lower abdomen have no feathers and bright red. At least 2 of her hens look similar and her roo looks bad too. He has very roughened patches of red skin as well and no tail. And his comb has black patches. It looks dead to me - maybe frostbite? Though with the mild winter we have had in Virginia doesn't seem to be a cause to me. Or fowl pox, or something else?
She did have mites a few months ago and did an inch by inch treatment of EVERYTHING and her birds. We don't see any more evidence of mites, except one bird had rough raised scales so I advised she treat everyone for scaly leg mites. What is going on with her birds?
Recently there has been feather loss that I felt was likely molt, but on looking more closely, I'm not sure. Some areas are completely bald, the skin looks red and hot, some flaking too. One hen is fully feathered except her entire "butt" and lower abdomen have no feathers and bright red. At least 2 of her hens look similar and her roo looks bad too. He has very roughened patches of red skin as well and no tail. And his comb has black patches. It looks dead to me - maybe frostbite? Though with the mild winter we have had in Virginia doesn't seem to be a cause to me. Or fowl pox, or something else?
She did have mites a few months ago and did an inch by inch treatment of EVERYTHING and her birds. We don't see any more evidence of mites, except one bird had rough raised scales so I advised she treat everyone for scaly leg mites. What is going on with her birds?