Hi, I am still a newbie to chickens and this chicken has been just not right on and off. In desperately need some wisdom. She has had a bald patch on her back towards her tail for a while now. I took a pic to the guy at rural king that seems very knowledgeable. He seemed to think nothing of it and said it looked like it was healing well. Which I has healed well and is growing some feathers back but not all. This has been maintaining for a while but tonight I noticed she is really balding all over the place and I don’t know what the heck is going on. I will post pics. The girls have 3 sqft per bird in the coop (maybe a tad more) but the run is probably undersized after some more research. I some of the other birds are also getting bald spots in the exact same location as her first one and now I’m really worried. The ones that don’t have a clear bald spot, have some ruffled looking feathers in the general area. I will post pics of all of this to help. Some birds look perfect and no issues at all. The one chicken with the most balding all over had a watery poop tonight that I happened to catch and I also caught one of the pristine hens pecking at one of the other hens bald spot on the lower back. But there are about 70000 possibilities of what this can be and I am really overwhelmed so any help would be so awesome! Thank you!!
Facts:
-12 hens
-Hot and humid Florida
-Free range at the end of the day for a couple hours every day.
-Layer crumble (not pellets)
-Ample water (but a new waterer… maybe she is struggling to get the water from the cups?)
-Recently moved to a larger coop due to previous coop being too small poop
-poop picture included and a weird spot on one hens beak. I’m perplexed but trying to include everything.
Facts:
-12 hens
-Hot and humid Florida
-Free range at the end of the day for a couple hours every day.
-Layer crumble (not pellets)
-Ample water (but a new waterer… maybe she is struggling to get the water from the cups?)
-Recently moved to a larger coop due to previous coop being too small poop
-poop picture included and a weird spot on one hens beak. I’m perplexed but trying to include everything.
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