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    Chickens Constantly Pulling Out Feathers

    What is the difference between chicken mash and laying crumbles? All of this could be conincidental, but may have started around the the time we changed to the crumbles in early spring. Thanks!
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    Chickens Constantly Pulling Out Feathers

    The chickens are picking at each other's feathers until they actually come out and there is redness and soreness. It is not the normal preening. There are no turkeys in the area. No, the vet did not explain as to why the feathers broke more easily. I would have to speak with the animal...
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    Chickens Constantly Pulling Out Feathers

    They are being fed a diet of premium laying crumbles (free fed), scratch as a treat only, oyster shells, and they free range. A previous alumni parent was on this list earlier this year and it was posted to add, "dry cat food" to their diet. We have been adding a vegetarian dry cat food (in...
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    Chickens Constantly Pulling Out Feathers

    They are fed a premium diet of chicken laying crumbles. They get scratch as a treat. Their housing is cleaned and scraped daily. And we use straw.
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    Chickens Constantly Pulling Out Feathers

    Our preschool has two hens that free range during the day and are in their housing at night. They constantly pick at one another's feathers or pick at themselves. It is around the wing area and their bottom too. We have wormed them with ivermectin in May. They were checked by a vet who said...
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    Chickens Constantly Pulling Out Feathers

    Our pre-school has two hens that constantly pick at one another and pull out each others' feathers. Sometimes it looks raw and red. Also, is it normal for them to dig and roll around in the dirt and/or tanbark. They seem to like rolling around in slightly wet dirt. They were wormed with...
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