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I figured it out. After some detective work which didn’t take long I observed that he is being driven off the feeders every time he goes for food. In hindsight his crop never feels very full at night so I’m betting his issue is a mix of pecking order and lack of nutrition due to being driven...

Is it possible for a rooster to be the lowest in the pecking order. It’s only him and one other cuckoo Maran pullet that get picked at. The other Marans who came in at the same time as the one being picked are left alone. No other of my 20 hens are being picked at.

My flock seems to be munching on my cockerels feathers even with high protein diet of grower feed and occasional meal worms and various plants and vegetables they get they are still terrorizing his tail feathers and most of his neck feathers are out.

So I have a unicorn. My leghorn Jane went broody. She has sat on 10 eggs all day and has been acting aggressive in the last week running everywhere like she is search for her missing eggs she started sitting on the nest early today and upon looking her over I found she has been pulling her...

I have a broody hen that I’m letting sit eggs and today she decided to jump to a new nest leaving the eggs I gave her behind. How do I deal with this? I want to let her hatch babies but I don’t want her wasting her time either. Kind of perplexed.

I will try this thank you!

Been hand feeding the last two I’m thinking of bringing her in the house in a crate for a few days too. I had a hunch I may need to look at a bucket feeder. Might just make a new feeder with more capacity and length too.

I check the constantly and it’s definitely not that they are running out of food at any point

21 sorry rooster too

20

I wonder if perhaps I need to switch to one of the large metal round feeders. And put it in the run during the day

They are about 4 feet tall a piece going down into one of those feeding rings from a store bought feeder.

Cuckoo Maran. Very similar. My Plymouth Barred Rocks are much bigger than this lady.

I have two pipe based gravity feeders in the coop

I recently was checking one of my Marans and noticed she doesn’t have much in her crop at night. She is the lowest in the pecking order I think and has suffered some plucking. I think she may be getting bullied away from the feeders. She is otherwise healthy. Any advice on how to insure she is...

I feed Scratch and Peck Organic Grower as well as organic greens such as spinach, collards, and other vegetables that are safe for chickens.

He is about 5 months old.

So my Jersey Giant rooster typically has a green shine to all his surface feathers. However all his wind tip feathers have become dull. I have noticed his preening gland isn’t producing the oils it should. All other feathers have the shine but the wing tips but the tips of his feathers are also...