Mother_of_Hens
In the Brooder
- Jul 2, 2020
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I’m relatively new to hen keeping, having taken on my 3 girls in December at around 12 weeks. They began laying in March.
When we took them on, one looked noticeably straggly having been pecked quite a bit and had very scaly legs. With some love and care, Vaseline and Moxydectin her scaly leg is on the mend and her feathers have returned BUT she has a patch of white feathers on the back of her head where the bald patch was previously.
Someone suggested that SHE might be a HE?
I think there must be another explanation since we’ve had eggs from her. We assume from her colouring alone that she is some sort of Blackrock (brown head, black body with a green tinge to the feathers). Any ideas what’s causing the white patch?
When we took them on, one looked noticeably straggly having been pecked quite a bit and had very scaly legs. With some love and care, Vaseline and Moxydectin her scaly leg is on the mend and her feathers have returned BUT she has a patch of white feathers on the back of her head where the bald patch was previously.
Someone suggested that SHE might be a HE?
I think there must be another explanation since we’ve had eggs from her. We assume from her colouring alone that she is some sort of Blackrock (brown head, black body with a green tinge to the feathers). Any ideas what’s causing the white patch?