Why does my black star look like this?

[Coopers Coop1981]

For a while now my black star, has been looking horrible for about half a year. I don’t really think she’s molting but you never know. So I’m starting to get concerned. She’s not really laying eggs and although she acts heathy I want to make sure it’s nothing that she can give to the other hens.

 

[Eggcessive]

She may have some rooster damage, feather picking or is starting to molt. Is her right leg bowed out? Does she have any trouble walking?

 

[Coopers Coop1981]

She may have some rooster damage, feather picking or is starting to molt. Is her right leg bowed out? Does she have any trouble walking?

She’s had a bowed out leg since she was a chick, and we don’t have a rooster anymore. We rehomed him but we still have access to him for breeding projects.

 

[Eggcessive]

She has varus deformity, a leg bone deformity which can happen innone or both legs. It can be common in poultry. Here is some reading about it:
https://www.researchgate.net/profil...roiler-Chickens.pdf?origin=publication_detail

 

[dawg53]

In addition to what Eggcessive stated, inspect your hen closely for lice/mites, especially around the vent area where it's warm and moist.