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Hi everyone

i had two hens that just plucked feathers out of all my other chickens, is this a common issue. I put them in a pen alone,so they started plucking each others tail feathers. I just sent them to my own freezer camp. Please give advice on how to stop if this happens again, I have many chickens this is my first feather pluckers. I have chickens that peck but not pluck then they ate the feathers.

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Originally Posted by RainyDayChicken 

Hi everyone

i had two hens that just plucked feathers out of all my other chickens, is this a common issue. I put them in a pen alone,so they started plucking each others tail feathers. I just sent them to my own freezer camp. Please give advice on how to stop if this happens again, I have many chickens this is my first feather pluckers. I have chickens that peck but not pluck then they ate the feathers.

I was told this is a protein issue, but Im not sure.

Hey, thanks everyone for the rooster advice. The cage inside the coop with a blanket over top worked! Not a single crow until he came out at 7:30 this morning, but I think he injured himself inside the cage. His comb looks like THIS, but a little worse. I was worried he had some sort of outbreak when I finally saw him this afternoon, as DH let him out of the cage this morning and didn't mention it, but he wouldn't know anyway. So my question is, do I continue this cage thing just so he has no idea when it's getting light out, or try something else so that he can't hurt himself?

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Hey, thanks everyone for the rooster advice. The cage inside the coop with a blanket over top worked! Not a single crow until he came out at 7:30 this morning, but I think he injured himself inside the cage. His comb looks like THIS, but a little worse. I was worried he had some sort of outbreak when I finally saw him this afternoon, as DH let him out of the cage this morning and didn't mention it, but he wouldn't know anyway. So my question is, do I continue this cage thing just so he has no idea when it's getting light out, or try something else so that he can't hurt himself?

Mine crow in the dark too... So I dont know..   If being covered in the cage stops him from crowing, you would have to keep putting him in there. It wont teach him not to crow, He just wont in there.
 

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Originally Posted by chickenjane82 

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Hey, thanks everyone for the rooster advice. The cage inside the coop with a blanket over top worked! Not a single crow until he came out at 7:30 this morning, but I think he injured himself inside the cage. His comb looks like THIS, but a little worse. I was worried he had some sort of outbreak when I finally saw him this afternoon, as DH let him out of the cage this morning and didn't mention it, but he wouldn't know anyway. So my question is, do I continue this cage thing just so he has no idea when it's getting light out, or try something else so that he can't hurt himself?

Mine crow in the dark too... So I dont know..   If being covered in the cage stops him from crowing, you would have to keep putting him in there. It wont teach him not to crow, He just wont in there.
 

Yeah, that's the point. Crate him before I head to bed and whenever it's an appropriate hour for crowing, he can come out and do it all day if he wants! Problem is the NON STOP crowing, which he does, one after the other after the other, ugh! From 5:20am onward. It's impossible to stop him once he's out of the crate. I love hearing him, don't get me wrong. But I'd rather keep neighbors happy somehow as well. I'm thinking 7:30 is a good hour to bring him out every day.

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Yeah, that's the point. Crate him before I head to bed and whenever it's an appropriate hour for crowing, he can come out and do it all day if he wants! Problem is the NON STOP crowing, which he does, one after the other after the other, ugh! From 5:20am onward. It's impossible to stop him once he's out of the crate. I love hearing him, don't get me wrong. But I'd rather keep neighbors happy somehow as well. I'm thinking 7:30 is a good hour to bring him out every day.

Is he in a metal cage or a plastic crate?  Maybe he couldn't hurt himself in a plastic one????  I don't know.  Just a thought.  Although, he could still slam into the door.  That's how Caunnie hurt her face - slammed into the wire tractor door.

Maybe he tries to raise his head to crow, and gets scraped by the bars. Get him a little rooster helmet - hey if hens can have saddles  why not something for the boys?

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Originally Posted by itsren 

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Yeah, that's the point. Crate him before I head to bed and whenever it's an appropriate hour for crowing, he can come out and do it all day if he wants! Problem is the NON STOP crowing, which he does, one after the other after the other, ugh! From 5:20am onward. It's impossible to stop him once he's out of the crate. I love hearing him, don't get me wrong. But I'd rather keep neighbors happy somehow as well. I'm thinking 7:30 is a good hour to bring him out every day.

 

Is he in a metal cage or a plastic crate?  Maybe he couldn't hurt himself in a plastic one????  I don't know.  Just a thought.  Although, he could still slam into the door.  That's how Caunnie hurt her face - slammed into the wire tractor door.

It's a plastic cat crate with a wire door, shavings down on the bottom. Photobucket isn't working or I'd post the pic I got!

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Originally Posted by drumstick diva 

Maybe he tries to raise his head to crow, and gets scraped by the bars. Get him a little rooster helmet - hey if hens can have saddles  why not something for the boys?

LOL...I will sew one up this afternoon

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Originally Posted by Hinotori 

 

Why do you think I'm crazy and own chickens? It's from being born and growing up there. 

 

At least the Army Depot is pretty much done now. So no chemical worries anymore. 

Everyone here is crazy and owns chickens!