Help!
Over the past year, 2 of our chickens have died due to a sickness we can not figure out. 3 or so of our hens are showing the early signs of what happened to the first 2.
What happens is they first start to lose all their feathers in one small place, generally a spot on each wing. Then the spot becomes super red and burnt looking. Over time they start to lose their voice as well and it becomes a whisper/croak. The feathers continue to disappear all over the hens body. They seem to lose a lot of weight in the process and become very bones and small. Although they never act as if something is wrong though and they are perfectly healthy up until the last few days before they die, thats when the hen will sit in the corner and not move, sometimes even vomiting water.
At first we thought it was old age, but the chickens that mainly get it are our 3 year old brown shavers. Although recently our year olds have started showing the first signs of losing feathers on their wings. We have dusted them many times to no improvement. Any ideas what's wrong?
Ps - It was hard to get pictures but the worse looking one is worse than what it looks like.
Over the past year, 2 of our chickens have died due to a sickness we can not figure out. 3 or so of our hens are showing the early signs of what happened to the first 2.
What happens is they first start to lose all their feathers in one small place, generally a spot on each wing. Then the spot becomes super red and burnt looking. Over time they start to lose their voice as well and it becomes a whisper/croak. The feathers continue to disappear all over the hens body. They seem to lose a lot of weight in the process and become very bones and small. Although they never act as if something is wrong though and they are perfectly healthy up until the last few days before they die, thats when the hen will sit in the corner and not move, sometimes even vomiting water.
At first we thought it was old age, but the chickens that mainly get it are our 3 year old brown shavers. Although recently our year olds have started showing the first signs of losing feathers on their wings. We have dusted them many times to no improvement. Any ideas what's wrong?
Ps - It was hard to get pictures but the worse looking one is worse than what it looks like.