pat66
371 posts
Jul 25, 2009
10:31 AM
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----------A question,my breeder cocks are losing feathers only on the crop area,is this from feeding the young? otherwise they are in perfect health, the hens do not have this problem,just curious,1st year I noticed this.
Pat
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Longroller
GOLD MEMBER
195 posts
Jul 25, 2009
12:34 PM
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What do you use for feeders, Pat? I have used chick metal feeders and they will loose feathers in the exact same place. Take a piece of 3/8 or 1/2 inch plywood 12x18 inches or so, put a one inch lip made of 1x4 and virtually have a tray to feed from...you can scrap easily and they can feed directly on it...works for my kit boxes very well. Bruce
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De Oppresso Liber
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yang501424
339 posts
Jul 25, 2009
5:08 PM
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Bruce is correct. It is cause by the feeder. I have had the same problem and gone crazy wondering what it was.
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Good Game Loft
Last Edited by on Jul 25, 2009 5:08 PM
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pat66
372 posts
Jul 26, 2009
8:17 AM
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Bruce and Ying,
Thanks for the info! I am using the metal reel type feeders! guess I will switch to the trays!
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Pat
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j .wanless
884 posts
Jul 26, 2009
11:08 AM
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hi pat
ive had a few cocks go the same while breeding + i dont use feeding trays but its weired how its only the cocks that go like that.we are having a discussion on a uk roller site that we all use + a few people are having simmular probs.but we think that is dipluming mite which can be a bstd to sort out
but to check its not that .look at the feathers + the crop feathers will look as though theyve been cut across the feather leaving them quite sharp when you touch them.but i have a feeling it has something to do with the way the cock sits in the nest bowl + rubs his chest on the edge of the bowl.
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yang501424
340 posts
Jul 26, 2009
1:04 PM
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wanless I did have mites attack on top of one of my cocks head and it became bald. I used PERMECTRIN and it helped. But for the crops it has happen to my hens and cocks.
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Good Game Loft
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pat66
373 posts
Jul 26, 2009
2:33 PM
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J & Ying, it is just the cocks, not the hens and it is happening in the breeder loft and all 6 kit pens!
I dust every month the lofts and my birds!Mites would not live in my lofts with as much SEVERN dust as I use! LOL
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Pat
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j .wanless
886 posts
Jul 27, 2009
8:03 AM
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hi pat
are the crop feathers just missing which leaves a big baldy patch .or are the feathers snapped or look like theyve been cut.
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pat66
376 posts
Jul 27, 2009
8:06 AM
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J , looks like a bald patch!
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Pat
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