A few weeks ago I went outside and noticed my partidge wyandotte looked like it had been attacked and her feathers ripped out. When I didn't see any signs of wounds or blood I started to worry she might have mites.
I checked the symptoms of mites online noticing the wyandotte had none of them. Namely, her bare skin didn't look irritated. So further digging led to molting and pictures of molting. Another thing I realized but didn't connect the dots on was a drop in egg production which occurs during molting. Lastly, I realized too I'd seen more stray chicken feathers around. So several hens were molting I'd just never seen molting to this degree before.
Something to be aware of from my reading is you should ensure molting hens are getting extra protein. If you have goats you may have sunflower seeds around which is a good option.
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