Chickens@61 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 holly, our ross lohmann hybrid began looking a bit 'raggy' a couple of weeks ago with lots of white on show amongst her lovely brown feathers. she is laying, eating & behaving as normal - however today i have noticed some almost bald patches on her neck & breast (you can see some pink skin). i have checked her for lice and i can't see anything. i am wondering if this is a molt, or something more sinister? she is around 1 year old. any advice appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Funnily enough my Sweet pea, who is a white star has the same thing, plus the feathers that are there look a bit sort of wet or greasy I will move this to the clinic anyhow, where hopefully one of our chicken health experts will see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westleigh Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hi could it be that another chook is feather pecking? i have a problem with this at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickens@61 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 i wondered if another of the hens i pecking her, but i have not seen any evidence of this it looks like more feathers are gone today, i wonder if she could be doing it to herself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 She could be moulting? The white patches could be new feathers growing through. You should start to see small quills poking through soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I agree...it sounds like a mini moult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 My Miss Pepperpot lost her neck feathers only late Summer but didn't moult anywhere else. I was paranoid she had lice, but she didn't and it took a while, but the feathers grew back on the neck ok. So I assumed a mini-moult. Then in October 1 gingernut lost the feathers on the very top of her head but no where else, they grew back really quickly. I've had mine almost 2 years now and none of them have had a complete moult.... I expect they will though at some point..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I posted about one of my Black Rocks about a week ago. Squeak started preening and pulling at the feathers on her chest/base of her neck, and I also noticed one of my other girls, Mash, having a pull at Squeak's feathers - just in this one area. I can't see anything on her, and when they're out free ranging she doesn't touch this area. If it was down to nasties wouldn't she be preening all over all the time? She's been doing it for a few weeks now, so I assume if it was nasties they would've spread to the other two by now, but they're not showing any signs of over-preening. I'm wondering if it's boredom when she's in the run? Any comments would be appreciated. I've put a pic of her on my blog http://welshpurpletree.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/more-views-from-the-kitchen-window/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ's Chooks Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 We have the same issue, they have all had a double treatment of Xeno, and i cant see anything, but Maisy has bald patches on her wings... I'm not sure what is going on. She had a moult in the autumn, but nothing like this.... Fingers crossed that's what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
