Changing their feed might help curb some of the boredom. Also, what are you feeding for extra protein and are you providing extra calcium?
A year and a half is 18 months - they're probably preparing to molt which, would definitely explain the feather eating.
After many years of trial and error, I've found traction sand (pebble/sand mixture) to be the answer to keeping my run from becoming a muddy, stinky, mess - it also provides all of the grit my chickens will ever need (killing 2 birds with one stone so to speak.). I rake dolomite lime into it...
I've never bought Producer's Pride myself and definitely never would now that I know the amount of Glyphosate that's in it. I eat organic, so I feed organic and I stay away from using any pesticides/chemicals on my land. My neighbor had been buying Producer's Pride for a long time, so his...
Personally, I wish Mike had tested for other common toxicities that accidently end up in food, like rat poison/Warfarin. A few pellets of rat poison or even a poisoned rat may have gotten ground up in the process of making a large batch of feed and would be a perfectly good explanation for an...
Here are Mike's lab test results on the chicken feed he purchased from TSC:
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-03-07-natural-news-releases-lab-results-of-tractor-supply-producers-pride-chicken-feed.html
Yes, he is often beaten down for expressing his own thoughts and opinions but he is pretty darn spot on when it comes to his lab work.
http://www.truthwiki.org/mike-adams-the-health-ranger/
First of all, don't kill the messenger...lol.
Secondly:
These were the TSC feeds that were tested:
-Producer's Pride 16% Layer Feed Mini Pellets
-Purina Layena Layer Crumbles
-Nature's Best Organic Egg Layer Pellets
-Dumor Organic 16% Layer Crumbles
-Dumor 16% Egg Maxx Pellets
-Flock Party...
I use cooking oil and dip the legs because it's easier than applying Vaseline. With that said, do it every day until the legs look completely clear. And I apologize for not answering your other question about VetRx...personally, I wouldn't waste it on scaly leg - just applying oil will do the job.
Glad to hear you're getting things under control and seeing some improvement - mites of any kind are a regular pain in the butt. Your chicken's combs are pale probably from anemia which, comes with a mite infestation. Feeding animal protein (canned tuna, scrambled eggs and/or cooked chicken)...