mille fleur d'uccle Molt?

[Camreon Beck]

Hey guys thanks for taking the time to read my post. We have a 4 almost 5 week mille that has lost all of its feathers on its back just want to make sure this is normal. It is also housed with 4 other chickens in a brooder am wondering if they had anything to do with this. It is in with seabrights and they can be mean

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Geez, that is not normal and looks bad. @mymilliefleur do you know anything?

 

[Camreon Beck]

They specks on there back are the pin feather poking through but wasn't sure it's a molt

 

[Camreon Beck]

We also thought maybe mites so we treated her with a mite treatment

 

[Pyxis]

How big is your brooder and how many chicks do you have in there? How much protein is is the feed you are feeding?

 

[Camreon Beck]

Brooder is about 4-5 feet, we are now suplumenting feed with protein pellets, crickets, and we give them rooster booster there are 5 chickens in total

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

That looks like picking. Your chicks are old enough to spend the day outside to prevent bordom, which causes picking usually.

 

[Pyxis]

That should be big enough then, probably not doing it because of lack of space. I asked about feed because chickens will eat each others' feathers when they are not getting enough protein. I agree that it could be boredom.

 

[Camreon Beck]

Thanks so much guys that is kinda what we thought we will give them some outside time from now on

 

[Kiki]

Make sure your brooder is not too hot too.