Someone help!

[miamibackyardchickens]

11 month old EE is loosing feathers around neck, looks weird! Please see attached pictures!

She’s active, she’s laying and but she’s the only one loosing feathers.

 

[Debbie292d]

It looks like she's molting. Are you sure she's still laying as in most cases they don't. Unless she's just got lighter version as I see pin feathers coming in.

 

[BobStuart]

She could have mites. You should check her

 

[Birdsonghill]

Uhmm! Looks like Mites to me, because of apparently the scabby looking detritus. However, how many hens and do you run a rooster with her? A young active rooster can tear up a hen pulling out feathers when attempting to mate, usually from her neck and back. If that is the case more hens can help the affected girl by spreading the misery. A good miticide product would be good for a mite problem getting started. It often starts with just one bird being obviously affected.

 

[Geremias]

11 month old EE is loosing feathers around neck, looks weird! Please see attached pictures!

She’s active, she’s laying and but she’s the only one loosing feathers.

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Hello

11 month old EE is loosing feathers around neck, looks weird! Please see attached pictures!

She’s active, she’s laying and but she’s the only one loosing feathers.

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Hello, hens change the feathers every year, make sure you give her enough calcium

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Do you have a rooster? It looks like molting to me though and she is getting her feathers back.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sometimes I get a hen that will go through a neck molt in early spring here. It's a bit early, but the weather has been messed up this year so it wouldn't surprise me. I still have some that just started their fall molts recently.

I might dust for mites just in case. Neck molts are just what they sound like. They only molt around the head and neck. Not sure why, but I see it enough that it doesn't concern me.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Don’t panic. She’s molting. It’s normal

 

[miamibackyardchickens]

Uhmm! Looks like Mites to me, because of apparently the scabby looking detritus. However, how many hens and do you run a rooster with her? A young active rooster can tear up a hen pulling out feathers when attempting to mate, usually from her neck and back. If that is the case more hens can help the affected girl by spreading the misery. A good miticide product would be good for a mite problem getting started. It often starts with just one bird being obviously affected.

i have 5 hens, no rooster! I did not see any mites and we noticed about one week ago. Tomorrow, we’ll re-access. I have a mite problem late summer but we addressed it immediately before it affected more than just one bird. The mites never came back and it was a different hen. All seem very healthy and active, plus she’s laying tons.

 

[miamibackyardchickens]

Don’t panic. She’s molting. It’s normal

Thank you!