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    Hens with terrible bareback, is it Disease? Severe Overmating?

    Thank you for the comment! I will definitely give them a thorough checking first thing in the morning! We thought that might be an issue, I've dusted their pen and coop a few times in worry for lice and mite issues, but I will check them out!
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    Hens with terrible bareback, is it Disease? Severe Overmating?

    I will definitely look into them! I'll be keeping a close eye on our nicer looking hens to see if they are in on our rooster's troublemaking with the feather plucking!
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    Hens with terrible bareback, is it Disease? Severe Overmating?

    I'm definitely glad to hear that pick no more stuff works for other people! And i expected that may be the issue from the rooster, we have a good amount of hens and he has always been rather aggressive with them, we are coming to the point were we may need to get rid of him due to his...
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    Hens with terrible bareback, is it Disease? Severe Overmating?

    So my father owns a large amount of chickens, he is a rather old man so it has become my job to take care of these chickens, which is extremely hard to do as a full time college student who studies an hour away most days. A few of our wyandottes have been losing their back feathers over the past...
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    one breed of hens losing tail feathers, possible bullying or issue

    So me and my father own a few breeds of hens, we own plymouths, orpingtons (i believe), some ameraucanas ,and some Wyandottes. in the beginning when our first batch of ameraucanas got old enough, their back feathers were pulled out and eventually, we lost all of them to death from what i believe...
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