[della25]

Hi Everyone
Can i have sme advice please
I have three hens all laying eggs nearly everyday but noticed one hen (arnold) loosing feathers on top of head eating well and drinking and the other one (princess Randy Mandy) is loosing feathers on chest (found some feathers in nesting box).  I treated with mite dust last week just incase and  cleaned house out today no mites seen.
They are all well tail's up pestering for food I feed them greens , pellets , oyster shell , porridge, and meel worms
I have had them since end of last year but not wormed them could this be the problem ?
many thanks
Della

[bantam novice]

Hello Della25
It sounds as if they could be moulting.  It is always a good idea to worm anyway; however hens regularly go through a full or partial moult. 
The wormer most people recommend here is Flubenvet.  It comes as a powder that you mix with layers pellets and they need to eat it for about a week. 
If your hens free range you are probably going to have to enclose them for that period and no other treats.  They need to eat just the treated layers pellets.  I understand that Marriages do a bag of feed that is ready mixed with Flubenvet.

[della25]

Thank you for your reply
very helpfull