Silkie hen with almost complete baldness

[dskerns]

Hello,I have a silkie hen that is going almost completely bald.We had lice a couple of months ago but we got rid of them,when we got the lice was when she started becoming bald.We have completely gotten rid of the lice but she is still bald and now she’s missing even more.I’ll post some pictures

 

[dskerns]

I also just picked her up and all I can feel is the torts of her feathers.She is lossing all of her fluffy

 

[sourland]

It is difficult to discern from the pictures, but it looks to me as if she is molting and regrowing pin feathers.

 

[dskerns]

It is difficult to discern from the pictures, but it looks to me as if she is molting and regrowing pin feathers.

Could she molt in the winter?Yes the pictures didn’t really do any justice but like all her fluffy is falling off and only leaving the root of the fathers are left.Also could she being molting all the way to baldness?

 

[sourland]

Are they the 'root' of the feathers or pin feathers? There's a big difference. Yes, sometimes birds molt in the winter, and sometimes they have a full blown molt when they lose most/all of their feathers.

 

[dskerns]

Are they the 'root' of the feathers or pin feathers? There's a big difference. Yes, sometimes birds molt in the winter, and sometimes they have a full blown molt when they lose most/all of their feathers.

Okay I looked and it’s pin feathers.Okay th so you so much!!!

 

[sourland]

You may want to provide protein supplementation and keep an eye on her if temperatures drop very low. In my experience late/full blown molters tend to feather in quickly, but they can become chilled.