[geoffwales]

Hi all, ive still not progressed to getting my own hens yet till i come back from my holidays, but my friend has a few hens with missing feathers on the wings and they look sore. Does anyone know what this may be and treatment required.

[Aunt Sally]

Are they pecking each other Geoff ?

I'd spray some "Purple Spray" onto the bald patches.

[Kate and her Ducks]

Doesn't look like moulting, trust me I'm getting to be an expert! (See My Ducks don't float)

[agapanthus]

Is there a cockerel with the flock? Looks as though she's been trodden a few times!

[Foxy]

Agree with aggie possibly a cockerel -their backs look OK though. Check if they have any evidence of blood from pecking. Maybe a couple of poultry saddles would help.

[Aunt Sally]

Oh yes, that'll be it  :!:

[geoffwales]

Hi yes their is a cockerel, but also 27 other hens that dont have this, three of these which are the same breed do though. Is it possible they are moulting?

[Kate and her Ducks]

Possible but doesn't really look like it in my (duck) experience. When moulting they look generally scuffy with feathers falling out all over but generally starting on the chest and working backwards and then over the back. Never seen it so focal. Looks like trauma one way or the other.

[Foxy]

In a flock that size he will have his favourites, otherwise he would conk out from all that s......g! :shock:  :shock:
 

[agapanthus]

In a flock that size he will have his favourites, otherwise he would conk out from all that s......g! :shock:  :shock:
 

 :shock:  :shock:  :shock: Smutty girl!!!!...just 'cos you've just got married!!!!!!

[blulagoo]

No Aggie - isn't that when it stops!