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Wow, I'm glad I'm not alone!! I know it's not a broody patch but I am glad to know about them (broody patches that is.) City Chook: We call our girls monkey butt chickens also. My problem started all because I was giving them too much scratch in the winter. I was trying to be nice but in...

Thank you all for your replies. I guess I will wait until their first molt and see what happens then. In response to one question, I am sure it is not sunburn (their coop has a roof over the whole of it) but rather more likely the result of being exposed to our cold temps up here. I hate that...

Yeah, January was not fun....or Feb, March...we have beautiful summers though.....well that's what I keep telling myself in the winter anyway.

Mudhen, Do you really think their feathers will grow back after molting? Their skin seems rather tough and of course it's red/pink when the breed I have is supposed to have white skin ( I have Buff Orpingtons.) I hope you are right. Someone suggested that the follicles (sp) could have been...

I used blue coat on my "girls" back in feb/march can't recall exactly but one of them still has blue coat on her feathers (it's a pale purple now.) To stop the picking I separated her till her wound healed and the use of Hot Pick (a hot pepper like spray) each morning (on the feathers not the...

They have always had a wide board to roost on and I'm worried about them remaining healthy all winter long, day and night. We got 40inches of snow just for January this year. The bald area on my hens is not exactly underneath them but rather behind them just below their vents and little...

Hello, I have two hens who feather picked in winter. I got them to stop picking each others feathers and the wounds to heal but the great bald behinds will not fill in with feathers and its been over 4 months! I believe they got a bit of frostbite from being bare ( I could kick myself for not...

I do not think they are picking any longer and I check them regularly for any signs of picking. I thought the reddened skin was the frostbite could it be something else? What kind of parasite could cause such a problem?

Does anyone have a thought to my problem? If I need to cull them I need to know so I can get more hens for the one that does not have any problems.

No, there is no sign of broodiness and I do not think they are self plucking. Their skin is red where the feathers are missing and it should be white as they are buff orpingtons. Any ideas?

Hello, I hope someone can help me with this potential problem. Two of my three hens feather picked in late winter and got bare behinds because of it. Well I worked tirelessly to get them to stop picking feathers,which they did, however I failed to prevent frostbite in the area that was bare...

Thanks for your responses. The bare areas are underneath between legs and around the vent. I feed them layena and give them scratch but the scratch I have does not have sunflower seeds in it. Do I need to wash them/clean up the bare spots before I spray Blu-coat? Can I leave my bare...

Hi, I hope someone can help me, I have 3 BO hens that are about 7 months old and just started laying a few weeks ago. Now I have one hen who is picked bare underneath and a bit bloody and nasty and another hen is starting to look the same and the 3rd seems fine. They are not broody and I...

Lynne, Thank you so much for your response! I will watch and see if what you suggest is in fact what is happening. Can a first time layer go broody so early? Thanks again, Noelle

Hi all, I noticed today that one of my three hens has a bare spot underneath her with some scabby places there and also around her vent seems sort of purple. She just started laying a few weeks ago and I really am not sure if she did this herself or if the other two did this to her? (I've not...

Hi, yesterday two of my hens laid their first eggs and they both have bled out of a nostril onto their beaks. My theory is that the stress of laying their first eggs was stressful enough to have popped a blood vessel in their nostrils. Can this be true? I have three hens total and I've never...

So sorry for your loss.

I can't see them either!

Thank you for your responses. What wormers do you all use and how is it given to the chicken?

Do you worm them only if they have worms or do you worm them as a precaution? If so, at what age do you worm them and how often do you do it (i.e. once a year, every 6 months?)