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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: luckyclucky on October 12, 2011, 08:05:03 pm

Title: bare botty chucks
Post by: luckyclucky on October 12, 2011, 08:05:03 pm

Hi can anyone help, I purchased 3 copperblacks a while back, I have just notice that 2 of them have lost their feathers from bellow the tail downwards, I clean them outevery weekend and dust with diatom I use wood shavings I cant see any mites, poor things look as if they have builders bum, all 3 are laying every day and look fit, Healthy & alert

Title: Re: bare botty chucks
Post by: scotelf on October 13, 2011, 05:53:35 pm

Moulting?

Title: Re: bare botty chucks
Post by: Castle Farm on October 13, 2011, 06:54:48 pm

The one that still has feathers is a little plucker.