Smart Feeder - Light sensor values

[PeckyBeak]

Gabby my Welsummer has a bald patch at the front of her neck, some tail feathers missing and generally looks tatty. I have treated all of the girls for NFM with Ivermectin and Johnson's anti-mite spray recently, which I think have now gone. A few of the other girls have some feathers missing around the end of their backs, but I put this down to cockerel damage. I can't see anything on her, could it be any early moult or how can I tell if it is the de-plumage mite?

Should I spray her neck area with the Johnson's? Any advice would be welcome.

[Space Chick]

I have 2 girls that didn't moult last year going through a mini moult right now, looking rather tatty in the neck department

[percy049]

It may be feather pecking, or just a moult.

I think we can rule out mites now though

[PeckyBeak]

Thanks for your reassurance and it helps to know that others of you have chooks in moult. It does seem early though. I now find that some of the other girls have feathers missing and wonder how I could tell if it is the de-plumage mite as apparently they are barely visible, and difficult to get rid of, Ivermectin doesn't seem to work I have read?I