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    Red Lice

    My hens have red lice and it's been going on for 3 weeks now. I have a closed run so no other birds can get in and there are mouse traps everywhere so I have no idea how they got them in the first place. I've been using a treatment containing Cypermethrin and Diflubenzuron. It certainly kills...
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    Hen Still Pecking Feathers

    Oh sorry my mistake. I double checked and the package says 20%. Plus the scraps they get contains meat and egg. Definitely not a protein issue here. An old lady up the road from me suggested spraying perfume on their tails. Makes sense so I'll give that a try
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    Hen Still Pecking Feathers

    The protein content of the feed is 15% and regards to giving them scraps, it isn't huge, about a cup give or take. So I think foodbwise everything checks out. It's just strange because the 2 Azur hens never peck at tail feathers, it's only the comets. In the run they have a roost bar and I...
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    Hen Still Pecking Feathers

    No nothing like that, no plucking or blood. The golden comets are at the bottom of the pecking order so I'm not sure it will go that far. Or maybe it will, I'm a noob 😅 Just every chance they get they peck at the tail feathers. The other 2 don't seem to mind at all, I think it's only me that...
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    Hen Still Pecking Feathers

    Hi all, A few weeks ago I posted an issue about tail pecking with my 4 pullets. My 2 golden comets keep pecking the tail feathers of my 2 Azur hens. I got some great advice and the consensus was to increase the run size. So now I have a little over 7m² (74 sq ft) plus the hen house but they...
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    Tail Feather Pecking

    Thanks everyone for the advice and the kind welcomes! They have plenty of stumps and roosts in the run so I'm gonna increase the run size and see if that fixes the problem.
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    Tail Feather Pecking

    Hey folks! I have 4 three month old pullets that I bought 2 weeks ago. Its a small flock of hens with 2 ISA Brown and 2 Azur. In the last week I noticed that the Brown's have been Pecking at the Azur's tail feathers. They don't seem to mind at all but their tail feathers are balding. They don't...
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