Thank you so much for your reply. I have 14 hens, no roosters. I was considering adding a rooster to cub the bad behavior, but it may just be fresh “meat” (feathers) for my feather pickers…
I’m a first time chicken owner. We bought alll of our chickens from TSC and they were hatched in March...
Hello!
Did the mite treatment work as to eliminate the feather picking? Was it the mites all along causing the behavior?
I have a serious feather picking problem in my flock as well.
I JUST went through this! Started my first flock this February, 17 baby chicks. I ended up with 15 pullets and two cockerels. Everything was peachy and perfect. Around month 5, the boys turned into hormonal teenagers and began aggressively mating the girls. It was seriously occurring every...
My name is Kelly. I am a first time chicken owner. I’m excited to be a part of a community that can teach me a thing or two.
We have 17 chickens (15 hens and 2 Roos). They are all 5 months old. My two Roos are aggressively mating ALL of the hens (no courting whatsoever…even chasing the hens...