Interesting, I have never had my girls do this before so I would never have thought that. I guess these new girls might be doing it! Sadly, all my problems started when these new girls came. Sigh. Thank you!
I will switch back to the previous feed, sadly I bought 4 bags of this stuff last time. So I need to go through it. I will spray everyone down with my Dr. Doom spray in the mean time though. Thank you.
These 2 hens are bullies, which is why I separated them from the main flock. They have never free-ranged before, we have had way too many previous losses with predators, so we no longer allow anyone to free-range.
My other rooster in the big coop has wispy-looking neck feathers with a bald...
Hi @nuthatched
We get it at Peavy Mart. I was using feed from Shur-Gain but switched to this recently...
However, I think the problem was noticed on the other birds prior to this feed being started but <i can't remember for certain.
Crude Protein (min) 16.0%
Phosphorus (act) 0.7%
Crude Fat...
Pictured below is my rooster Steven. He is an 8-month-old barnyard mix. He was a shiny smooth handsome bird. In the past 1-2 weeks I noticed he had missing feathers on his neck behind his wattles. I thought maybe it was from his wattles dipping into one of their snacks and then sticking to his...