Silkie lost feathers on head!

[gabz44]

Update: now two of my silkies are bald

I just noticed one of my silkies has lost all her feathers on the top front half of her head! I don't see mites, haven't seen other larger chickens picking at her but of course that's possible. After noticing this, I then saw that my 2 other silkies have a slight case of this too but not as severe as my splash. Is it possible that because I've been feeding them watermelon that their feathers are all wet from it ( I have noticed wet pink feathers by their face) that the larger chickens are pecking at them ??? see pic

 

[Eggcessive]

Many chickens with poofy head feathers will get their feathers pecked out by the other chickens. Polish chickens and silkies can be especially prone to this. With my polish chickens, I used BluKote spray on the bare spots every 2-3 days. Nustock cream also found in feedstores, is an alternative to BluKote, and is bad tasting and opaque to hide the spots.

 

[gabz44]

Is there any chance she's molting ?? So I woke up this morning and my white silkie is bald