missing feathers

Hello, I have been on this site for several years and found some good suggestions, but this is the first time I have written. Now I am at my wits end! I have 11 chickens, 3 are 7 years old, 1 is 3 years old and the rest are 2 years old. I do not eat my chickens so plan to keep them till they die...

My Silkie Hen, Soot, has missing feathers around her comb. I didn’t notice until now because all of my chickens have been eating cherries that get their faces dirty and stick their feathers down sometimes. This is her all cleaned up. Is this just from the other hens picking on her? Or is it some...

I have two Isa Brown hens both 20 months old, Sugar and Spice. They are inseparable and both good layers. Sugar has her white under-feathers exposed on the front edges of both her wings. See photos. It appears some of her feathers there had broken off. She has been looking like this for a...

My chicken has had this patch of missing feathers in front of her tail for the past 6-8 weeks. When I dig through her feathers, I find dirt from her dust baths but that's about it so I don't think it's lice or mites. It's clearly not molting as she's had no other feather loss in that time. I...

Hi there. I’m new to raising chickens, I moved into a place where 4 already were living. No one knows what their ages are or how long they’ll continue to lay eggs, so it’s a guessing game. I also don’t know their breeds. I’ll plan to post some more photos of the girls. Specifically, I’m...

I just picked up 4 call ducks that are about 3-4 weeks old. When I got them they had just taken a bath and were wet. Now that they’re dry I see that they’re missing feathers around their eyes. This is only on the 3 yellow ones. I have a brown one that looks fine. These are my first ducks so I’m...

Hi! I'm Emily I currently have 2 chickens (and will be getting a third chicken very soon) One is a hen (2 years old) and the other is a rooster (nearly a year). My hen was walking past my house one evening (I live in an urban area) which we spotted and lured into our house which is how we...

I have two drakes and yesterday on of them started limping badly but there was no injury that I could see and so I thought I would let it go for a day or so and see if it gets worse or better etc before treating him. This morning I come out to let them out and he is dead. Laying there with...

Hey guys, I have a question for you about lice. How common is it for 1 hen having lice out of your flock? I have a hen that suddenly lost and looks like she had broken top feathers along her mid back to the base of her tail. She still has plenty of fluffy down. It happened about 2-3 weeks ago...

My poor little hens got destroyed by my rooster mating them so I had to get rid of him. He’s been gone for just over 2 months but I’m not seeing much improvement in their feathers. They’ve got raw wings and a couple have missing feathers on their backs. They are all still laying and are not even...

Hi everyone, I am helping someone out who has never had chickens before. He got them about a week ago and previous to me coming into the picture today I have heard he already lost the first 5 he had to a fox and they have escaped atleast 3 times by pushing out of holes along the fence. Now I...

So a little background. I thought that our rooster was ripping feathers out while mating as it was only 1 when-- so we got rid of him 😪 Now we have many hens missing feathers: back by the wings, on their back, in their neck (nite we do have one naked neck and are aware) -- WHY??? We have 7...

Hi! This morning I found one of my silkie roosters was missing a large patch of feathers on his head/neck and was bloody. I don't know what could have hurt him so badly. It looks like something pulled out a bunch of feathers and broke some others (maybe some new ones too that hadn't fluffed up...

Our sweet girl Lava Lilly (don't even ask...my kids named her) feels like she's been losing weight, has had a pale comb, & has been losing feathers under her vent and now on her belly and under her wings. She's an 8-month-old we got from our local farm store. No idea what her breed is, because...

This is not my first go round, I think I had a different hen doing it last year. This one got so bald I put her in a big dog crate in the old birds pen, where no one can peck her, and I'll be darned if she didn't clear her back of new feather growth this morning. Hopefully at least her head...

My coturnix quail has a developed a red, scaly rash on her belly and feathers appear to be missing. I don’t know how long she’s had this. No major changes in behavior except she no longer jumps on top of her sandbox (her favorite). She still dusts in her sandbox, but not as much as before. She...

4-5 week old silkie chick. Developed small wound weeks ago assumed from pecking dispute due to small brooder. Only two chicks in brooder. Both placed in very large brooder, site cleansed and Neosporin, and no pick applied. Feathers appeared to be filling back in, 3 days ago feathers spear to be...

I have 10 hens: 4 Araucanas, 4 Barred Rocks, and 2 Lace Winged Wyandotte's. They were hatched March 2019 and layed 7-11 eggs daily. This year I'm getting 4-8 eggs daily I feed a popular chicken feed with oyster supplement. They also get fresh leftovers of meats and vegetables and chicken scratch...

Hi, I think I might officially have my first broody hen--hopefully (otherwise I'm worried she's sick). A few days ago we noticed her chest/belly was bare and saw many of her feathers in the nesting box. She'd still been eating, drinking, and pooping normally; behavior was the same but a bit...

Hello ! I have chickens that am assuming have been over mounted by rooster. They have little to no feathers left on their backs. I bought them saddles to protect their backs and hopefully allow feathers to grow back .. accept it seems to have made it worse, now the feathers will not grow back...