- Jan 27, 2012
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I have 12 chicks that are about 3 weeks old. I noticed a few days ago that one was missing it's tail feathers. I thought the others may have just been picking on it so I watched to be sure. I have not seen anyone really being mean to it and today when I got them all out to change the shavings, I noticed this one also had red, scaly looking patches on other parts of its body where there were n feathers or the feathers appeared to be "chewed?" I have attached pics so maybe someone can tell me if this is normal or a skin issue that requires meds.