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Hot and red with no feathers.

By Janepie33, in Chicken Clinic

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One of my girls has a bald front and bald patches on her wings. The skin is very red and feels quite hot. My first thoughts were:-

 

A big moult - BUT feathers seem to be really really slow in growing back.

 

Bullying (she is the bottom of the pecking order) - BUT the feathers have gone from her chest, crop and underside where the other chickens could not generally reach.

 

Broodiness - she is still squatting and her comb is still big and red and I have not found excess feathers in the nesting box.

 

Mites - I have looked and looked and seen no sign of them but I have treated her (and all the others) with diatom as we found a few tiny beige/ grey mites on one of the other chickens.

 

I will try and post a picture, but in the meantime, does anyone have any other ideas about what the problem might be?

 

Thanks

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