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They are Embdens, and I have tried everything, grass, greens, toys, even taking them on long walks (funny as that sounds) and it seems that he is just fixated with pulling the others feathers out...... I swear, it's got me pulling my hair out..... I don't want to have to get rid of him... it...

The smallest of my little flock has suddenly turn major bully! I have had to seperate him from the others, cause he has managed to preatty much pluck the others wing feathers bloody! Will this last or is it just a short term power thing?

Thanks, that helps alot.... I am still overnighting them in my shop and the temp there is usually in the 60s at night... but I usually start a fire around 7 or 8 o'clock at night to warm it up for the evening. Maybe I'll for go the fire and let it cool off a bit more in there... I do put them...

My babes are featherig out real well, but because I live in Alaska and nights still go down to the 30s, what is a good temp to start overnighting them out side. I don't want to do it to soon and make them sick.

Have no idea about the antibiotics, but if you stroke and preen him as often as possible,should help with a baby feeling alone.

Question, on the greens, my babes won't even touch them yet, so I am starting some bitter green do you think that will work? As to the sick babe, one of mine got the same way and I kept him seperated but as close to his littermates in a cut down box so he could see them. It really seemed to...

Thank You!!! Now I have a good idea how old my babes are and when to expect them to feather out!!

I haven't done this in a quite a while so could you-all tell what age or size my babies are supposed to be when they start feathering out and how long till they really fill in?

I am raising mine inside the same way but, I live in alaska and it's not warm enough out side yet for babies!! I figure about a week or so before they can go out side maybe, right now there is still some snow out there.

Thank you!!! That was a good read! I feel so much better about thing now and have some hope my babies will make it!

Does anyone have a solution stop embden gosling from pluck the down from a smaller one, or do I need to permanently seperate them? Since I breought them from a feed store I do not know if the smaller one is from the same batch or not.