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I like the idea of pinning them to the ground until they submit, that is a natural position for them to submit to a rooster if you are with out a roo to take care of the hens. Mine are so sex starved at the moment if I even come into the coop they all squat. Poor dears, but ohhh the eggs! I have...

I have 120 square ft day yard and a 40 square ft winter yard that is covered and their coop is 32square feet for overnight. I give them meal worms once a day. Organic feed at 18 percent protein.a source of greens everyday like spinach or lettuce. I mix the protein powder into oats or their food...

My silverlaced Wyandotte chickens have made a game out of picking the butt feathers off of my other chickens. They are basically terrorizing the other chickens I am worried about baldness here at the beginning of winter. I upped the protein in their food in case they were protein hungry with...

I love the vics idea but I understand worrying about putting it on their skin I would put a layer of regular petroleum jelly on first to protect their skin then the vics it may help to keep it off direct contact

Did you give them any antibiotics in chick phase?some of the antibiotics they give for infection can sterilize your chickens if not in the right dosage. Some of the treatments put in their water can be easily misunderstood on dosage.

I was reading if the chickens are not getting enough protein they will eat each other's feathers. If there is no obvious pecking from the rooster maybe up the protein to see if that helps. I used a couple of handfuls of dried meal worms once or twice a week.

Yomama, one thing I do to help the girls get more liquids is I warm up some nibblet corn with the juice or added water. They eat the sopping wet kernels and then drink the juice left in the trough. The liquid is slightly warm so it goes down easy and warms them a bit.