HELP! Chicks losing feathers on wings and back!!

[Becky3735]

Hello! I have a couple of chicks that are losing the feathers on their wings and backs! I have searched for mites and lice and don't see anything! The chicks seem to be eating and drinking fine but look terrible! This is my second year of raising chicks and I have never seen anything like this! One chick is almost completely naked! I would welcome any suggestions, I scoured the internet yesterday and still am unsure of how to treat it. I was thinking clean the coop again and dust it and the chicks and maybe treat them with Ivomec also??? Please if you have had any success at treating something like this, let me know what worked for you and what the problem is?!?!? I also have some DE on my shopping list. Can all of these be used together, since I'm not really sure of what I'm treating? I have a yard full of grown chickens and this only seems to be affecting the babies and not even all of them but it does seem to be spreading slowly to the others in the brooder. Help! I LOVE my chickens! Thank you XXXOOO

 

[SoProlix]

Can you post a picture?

 

[Becky3735]

Sure, I can do that! Give me a little and check back and I will post a pic. Thanks!

 

[queend725]

This sounds exactly like what's going on with our chicks right now. Did you ever get an answer? I have no idea what to do! Thanks for any info!!

 

[TheRambler]

It sounds like they are molting to me

 

[queend725]

But do chicks molt at four weeks old? I can see bare skin in some areas......

 

[Sonya9]

Are other chicks pulling the feathers out?

And no, chicks don't molt at 4 weeks.

 

[TheRambler]

But do chicks molt at four weeks old? I can see bare skin in some areas......

Sorry i must have missed their age

 

[queend725]

I sat out there and watched them for a while. There's no pecking going on in two of the brooders, but I have four chicks together in another brooder, and I noticed them pecking at each other a little. They are also starting to lose feathers. I have no clue what is going on but it's driving me crazy! I took some pictures of one of the chicks, maybe they will help.

 

[queend725]

Here's another...