My little Houdan hen got pecked bald this Winter when bad weather had me keeping my girls confined in their coop.
It is a large garden shed - about 8'WX10'LX8'H for 5 chickens - so they were not crowded, just b-o-r-e-d!
Blu-kote did nothing to stop them pecking and now that they are out in their pen - 10'X20' - every day, all day long they are still picking out the feathers as they grow back. I'll see her one day with a nice crop of quills coming in then bald again the next day! Yummy blood feathers : 9
She has no crest at all except for 2 tufts at the back of her head and 2 over her eyes.
While that means she can see better now I would like her to grow back her poufy crest.
Any suggestions?
A teeny football helmet?
Limburger on her head?
I may have to change her name to Curly Joe
It is a large garden shed - about 8'WX10'LX8'H for 5 chickens - so they were not crowded, just b-o-r-e-d!
Blu-kote did nothing to stop them pecking and now that they are out in their pen - 10'X20' - every day, all day long they are still picking out the feathers as they grow back. I'll see her one day with a nice crop of quills coming in then bald again the next day! Yummy blood feathers : 9
She has no crest at all except for 2 tufts at the back of her head and 2 over her eyes.
While that means she can see better now I would like her to grow back her poufy crest.
Any suggestions?
A teeny football helmet?
Limburger on her head?
I may have to change her name to Curly Joe
