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I can see your photos. I would check the base of their feathers near that poky tip by the tail for mites. They may be pulling feathers due to parasites. Or if you’re not finding the feathers they’re pulling they may be eating them to get more protein.

I’m not sure what drops you mean. I did find a 0.20% permethrin-based Tick and flea spray for cats https://www.petland.ca/products/zodiac-dual-action-flea-tick-spray-for-cats-236-m

They are on a 17% layer feed with no more than 10% greens and a tablespoon of yogurt occasionally. I’m not aware of any ivermectin based flea products here. The vet said flea collars wouldn’t get to the vent area.

We have 8 hens in an 8’ x 10’ coop at night, with free access to a 200 sq ft run during the day. Lots of toys and things for them to climb on for boredom. Even the vet can’t get permethrin here. I don’t know what the large poultry producers use. Trying to find out. We know the DE is a poor...

We have 8 lohmann brown layers that we got last April when they were 17 weeks old. They recently looked like they were going through a moult, but then their necks began balding, followed by their breasts and undersides, and now near their vents. The bald patches appear to have had the feathers...

We are in Canada, and it has been around -28°C (-40°C with the wind chill) for the past week. We have kept our lohmann browns in the coop during this cold snap, and with two heaters it is still -12°. We have a heater in their waterer too, but the nipples are metal so they still freeze up. We...

We have switched them all over to the higher protein feed today. We’ll let her re-join the flock in the morning. She can at least get one more night of sleep without being pecked at and pushed off the roost. Thank you :)

Our layer feed is 17% protein. The others have finished their moult and have been laying every day again for a few weeks now. We’ll give this poor girl the grower feed until she’s over her moult. Should we continue to keep her separated from the others? I don’t want her to get depressed, or have...

That’s helpful, thank you. The rest of the flock seems fine, no broken tail feathers. Is she being bullied? And if so, what can we do? I had thought to keep her separated until she seems strong again and maybe give her grower feed for a bit, but I’d appreciate any advice you have to offer.

One of our 11-month old Lohmann Browns started sleeping on top of the nesting boxes, instead of on the roost a couple nights ago. The first night I saw this, I moved her onto the roost. The next night she was on top of the nesting boxes again so I moved her again. The hen next to her started...