[nic n dave]

hi guys, since september my hen has lost some feathers - thought to be ging through a moult by me but now she has no feathers on her legs, they look dry. no feathers underneath her or her bum vent area and above her tail area/back, she looks red raw so i no these have not fallen out but they have been pulled out, shes not bullied at all, i really dont no whats going on, she has no lice/mite and shes been wormed. someone suggested shes doing it to herself? ive never witnessed this, shes out all day till shes locked up for the night, shes behaving normally eating drinking dust bathing etc. any help would be gratefully recieved thanks x

[joyfull]

what feed is she on? sometimes they don't get enough protein so it may be worthwhile giving her something to increase this or change your feed to one that has a higher protein level.

[nic n dave]

hi ive always fed them on marriages layers pellets

[ANHBUC]

One of my Blackrocks has had a baldy bum since her moult over the winter.  I hadn't seen any feather pulling so couldn't understand it as no sign of lice and wormed end of January.  Then I saw one of the other girls plucking a feather out on Sunday.  I think it is too tempting for them not to.  New soil with loads of worms had been added to their run and they were enjoying searching for them so it definately wasn't a boredom issue!