Fowl feathers look dull looks like my other roosters starting to get it too please help🙏🙏🙏

[506fowl]

 

[dawg53]

Autumn and winter time chickens go into molt. Fluff and feathers turn dull and scraggly looking and then fall out onto the ground. Then new feathers regrow and replace the old feathers.

Also, lice can cause damage to fluff and feathers. Closely inspect your birds for lice or mites, especially around the vent area.

 

[506fowl]

Autumn and winter time chickens go into molt. Fluff and feathers turn dull and scraggly looking and then fall out onto the ground. Then new feathers regrow and replace the old feathers.

Also, lice can cause damage to fluff and feathers. Closely inspect your birds for lice or mites, especially around the vent area.

Yeah I’m in Texas and it’s been cold lately 40f and under usually stays on 30s lowest 10 ish , it’s happening to most of my fowl I’m still gonna try and give them medicine just I case it’s not molt…

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Medicine will not repair the old, damaged feathers. How old are your birds?

 

[506fowl]

Medicine will not repair the old, damaged feathers. How old are your birds?

But it can help with the lice or mites it may have , and they’re all above a year 1y,6 months more or less

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Also, what do you feed your birds? If they are molting, increasing their protein to 18-22% will help them a lot.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Have you checked to see if they have lice or mites?

 

[506fowl]

Yeah I just read that too so I’m actually otw to go buy more protein for them any recommendations?

 

[506fowl]

Have you checked to see if yhey have lice or mites?

I don’t know how too

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yeah I just read that too so I’m actually otw to go buy more protein for them any recommendations?

I like a product called Feather Fixer or one called All-Flock. Or a Grower formula might also have a similar protein %. Look on the label. Different companies have different names, it doesn't matter what it's called.