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Hens that are chronic feather pickers in my coop get invited to dinner. They don't need silverware either.

As heartless as this may sound...... If you do decide that Bertha has finally become to much trouble for the flock, if you remove her completely by taking her where Percy can't see or hear her, Percy will recover in a couple of days. Bullies don't stay in my flock. They cause too much stress...

Cull means to remove a bird from the flock. You can either give the chicken away, or kill it. Cull does not always mean kill.

They won't need to be sensitized to the peepers. The other hens knocking her down a peg will actually be good. She will probably do some funny backing up and side stepping when you first put the peepers on her. Some of my hens have been pretty comical!

I don't know about sizes and shapes. Chickens can swallow some pretty large things with no problems. Dry cat food is cheaper than canned.

I blame feather picking, egg eating, cannibalism and long drawn out molts on the lack of animal based proteins in feeds. Since your husband objects to eggs being fed to them, buy them some dry cat food. They will love it! I use peepers on my grouchy hens.

Try some hen peepers for the one picking feathers. They work really well.