Show Mite sEat eat feathers there are several reasons for the loss of feathers on the head and neck of a owl but it Is usually due to t the he fowls themselves in scratching and breaking the flithers fen fei thera olt oft with wit their claws this Is apparently appa antly caused by a mite thought to be the same as that causing scaly leg and which gets under the skin causing irritation application of carbolated d grease into which tins been worked a little sulphur will be found helpful for this trouble |