Bald headed Pekin?

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I have a little lavender Pekin and have noticed she is going a little thin on top! I've diatom'd them, they're not scratching so unsure what is causing it. I though that she might be being pecked but there no evidence of any blood just that the skin seems a little dry. Any ideas? Thanks
 
Hi,
please can you post a little more info, maybe a pic? Is it just the type of thinness as in moulting, or is it a peculiar, abnormal featherloss?
 
Thats where all of my little pekins went a bit thin, and it was a pecking order thing as they were both smallest and newest but it soon went away. Do you have any anti peck spry to stick on to stop it from getting worse
 
The red marks look like pecks. It may be squabbling or it may be head lice. Some of ours have them and the others can see them moving around and peck at their heads -I've watched them doing it and there is no animosity. They are too fast or small for me to see but most affected hens have responded to a small dose of Frontline spray, some will need another dose. Even with these lice the hens don't scratch their own heads, they seem to rely on the other hens to do it for them.
 
Some of my "ladies" get a little thin on top just before a moult, at the moment I have quite a few moulting and now looks like a pillow has exploded outside! :D
 
Thanks for the advice. No cockerel with them just 3 girls. Admittedly she is the smallest but they've been together for 6 months now and this has only just happened. My silver partridge is moulting and looking a little messy at the mo. My black one is broody and has been for the last two months. She still comes out to feeds so i'm leaving like that as i've tried the dog cage and she'll be fine for two weeks and then she back to being broody. Going back to the possibility of lice, my parents use Frontline on their dogs, what sort of dosage do you give to treat a lil' chook? thanks again
 
I'm always worried about them overdosing on the stuff as a friend lost two of hers when the vet used the 'spot-on' version. We've dosed ours at 3 sprays per Kg bodyweight without problems (half minimum dose recommended for cats) but with only 70% success rate. 28 days later we tried 4 sprays per Kg bodyweight on the few that still had head lice. Two still have them but I think it is because I underestimated their weight. So I'd go for 4 sprays per Kg bodyweight, after actually weighing the birds, rather than estimating as I did.
 
Thanks for your help. I'll try it out at the weekend. I've got to do their worming when my Flubenvet get delivered. Shall i leave a couple of weeks between the treatments?
 
Frontline first, wormer couple of weeks later just to be on safe side I say. You don't want to bombard them with too much at once.
 
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