feather loss

  1. M

    Permanently split or no?

    Still new to chickens here and looking for some advice. We’re considering a bachelor flock for our six boys 😱 Different sizes, the little guys leave the big girls alone and (most of) the big guys leave the small girls alone. We have one Brahma rooster crushing badly on a 1lb bantam hen but...
    • Magpie2
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    • antisocial chicken bachelor flock feather loss help over mating rooster problems too many roosters
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  2. E

    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    Hello, I have looked at so many posts (and gross poop pictures!) but can’t find same specifics— During the heat wave a few weeks ago our 1year 8 month chicken got very sick - not leaving the roost, all liquid poop, empty crop and missing feathers around her bottom & chest while we were away...
  3. D

    One hen died and two others have same symptoms

    We had a single hen with severe feather loss on her bottom and back where her tail meets. This was even though the winter. Nothing helped and she one afternoon died. She had quickly developed a large sore on her back. Now two others are showing the same signs. I’ve cleaned the entire coop and...
  4. B

    Cuckoo Maran not growing feathers back

    Hi I bought two cuckoo maran bantam pullets in mid February. When I got there the seller had lost my order and presumably sold all the good stock because he only had one with a completely bald bottom and one with only three tail feathers left. The seller told me they would grow back in a...
  5. W

    Feather loss

    Hello. Any idea what’s going on with my hen’s back? None of my other hens are missing feathers. We do have a rooster.
  6. O

    URGENT: Chickens losing feathers on base of tail!

    Someone please help me, My birds have recently started losing feathers near the base of their tail. They are quite young, turning a year old next month. They have been laying a lot of eggs regardless of illness (all my birds have a history of so, the two that died in the past laid eggs on their...
  7. FrenchFlock

    Araucana: plucked ear feathers won’t grow back?!

    My 10-month old Aracauna “calendar girl” was supposed to attend the French Aracauna championships this month but is banned from competing because her right ear tuft is missing. :( Another hen pulled the feathers out last fall and while she has successfully molted and has a lovely new “coat”...
  8. L

    Bare skin and poor feather growth

    Hello all! I recently inherited two Rhode Island Red hens (about 2 or 3 years old) as my Pop passed away a month ago. Any chickens that my Pop kept always ended up losing most of their feathers - poor things!! No one is sure why and being a silly old man he didn't seem to think much of it. I...
  9. PandemicChicken

    Sole chicken has thinning wing feathers, but recovering from mites and molting?

    Hi, this is my 1st time posting and 1st time chicken owner after my dad irresponsibly bought chicks in March 2020. We experienced a predator attack that left us emotionally traumatized, with only 1 small hen left named Jin (we thought Jin was a cute name but didn't know the chick's gender at the...
  10. Shadrach

    Do your hens go off their usual feed when they moult?

    For a great many chicken health topics we get our information from research done by or with the chicken egg and meat producing companies. Most of the hens I know of that go through a particularly heavy moult do so in their second year and most battery hens are killed at this age because egg...
  11. S

    Saddle feathers not growing back

    Hello! I have four chickens, and this last winter, three of them molted off their back/saddle feathers. To keep them warm, I gave them aprons which they wore all winter, but when I took them off in spring, the feathers were still missing. I haven't observed any feather picking between them...
  12. D

    Sick duck

    I got two ducks recently for my backyard (5 weeks ago). They were very active and healthy but as they are growing older, they just seem sickly to me. They have a pool and duck specific feed. We live in AZ and it is summer so it is hot, but we've hand poultry before and it wasnt an issue. One of...
    • Duckywaddles
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    • ducks feather loss sick ducks
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. S

    Feather loss question

    hello! I have a chicken that started losing feathers several months ago. At first I thought she was beginning to molt, but it has never spread beyond the neck/shoulder area. Here are my observations: -feathers seem to dry out/break off midshaft -no bleeding or scabs. Occasional redness on skin...
  14. 5

    Missing Feathers Mystery

    Hello! So, November 2020 through January 2021, my chickens were molting. Only one of my hens had a hard molt, another lost feathers around her neck, while the others barely molted. The hen who had a hard molt grew her feathers back 2-3 months ago, while my featherless necked hen didn't. I...
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    • bare spots feather loss bully behavior feather damage feather disease feather loss help anyone😰😰😰😭😭 help appreciated rapid feather loss not due to molting sick hen
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  15. B

    Severe feather loss

    Hi all. I am hoping you can help me! I have an astrolorp that is consistantly losing feathers and is about to lose them all at this rate. Her feathers are missing on her bottom and now her entire chest. I have read on molting, impacted crop, sour crop... the list is long. This is my first...
  16. B

    Feather loss spreading from head down body

    Hello- we have 3 peking bantam chickens who have recently started mating. The cockerel started going bald just on his head and we rang a local vet who put this down to the stress of the first mating season. He has now lost feathers all the way down his neck too. One of the hens (the smallest...
  17. veetown707

    Odd bald spot with an odor on my hen

    I have a hen who is definitely getting up in years now. I've had her 6 years, she was full grown when I got her. Anyway, she still is very active and spunky normally. I recently dealt with 2 problems simultaneously with her. We had a Northern fowl mite infestation which I treated with warm baths...
  18. LovejoyHomestead

    Hen Losing Hair Atop Her Head

    I’ve got a hen who is suddenly balding stop her head. None of my other girls are losing feathers (we have 14 girls in total — no roosters). The last time mites entered into our coop they caused scaley feet which she does not seem to have. But I know this is sometimes a sign of mites. Just...
  19. A

    Please help, advice needed regarding base of the tail feather loss!! Rooster has been gone for 2 months.

    Hello! My 5 hens just turned a year old. Four of them have some feather loss near the base of the tail; you can see the under fluff. One of the four actually has a bald patch that is red but not scabby, it looks like there are pin feathers but it has looked that way for several weeks without...
  20. I

    Feather loss on back and wings

    Hello, One of my RIRs has had some serious feather loss on her back and wings. She is one of six chickens and none of the others are having such extreme loss. I am assuming it is from pecking since no one else is missing many feathers and she is not scratching at all but I have not seen any...
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