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    Pinless Peepers?

    Does anyone have any experience with Pinless peepers/poultry blinders? I've got a problem hen that's pecked her coopmate practically naked and it'll be getting colder in a couple months. They're in an 8x5 tractor which I think is the crux of the issue. But I can't move them out of that coop at...
  2. r_o_o_s_t_e_r

    Rooster’s tail getting eaten by hens

    i have a polish rooster (his name is louis) who’s tail is dissapearing rapidly because of 2 of my hens. he’s not molting, because it’s just his tail. the rest of his feathers are big and full. he has lost most his sickle feathers. i’ve picked him up and looked at it, its tender and i can tell...
  3. DoubleYolk123

    Balanced diet for hens to stop feather picking

    Hi Everyone 👋 So I’d like to ask everyone, how many treats they feed their chickens, what treats and how often. Basically, my chickens are losing feathers and according to the vets it’s a parasite in their skin, which they are on medication for. However they also pluck at each other a lot and...
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    Hen plucking and eating feathers off of others

    Hello everyone. I have a problem with 1 hen, she keeps plucking off/eating feathers of other hens. It came to the point that one of my hens has bare spots on her thighs. I've noticed today that 6 of my other hens don't have saddle feathers, just fluffy inner ones. And I saw her plucking off...
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    Ducks eating each other's feathers??

    I have two pekin ducks, both around two months old. The smaller one is often the one who leads the larger one, but I find that the smaller one always nibbles and plucks out feathers from the larger one's wing. The smaller one plucks the feathers out to the point where the other duck even starts...
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    What to do?

    I have a mixed age flock (4-1 1/2 year olds and 8-14 week olds). The big girls have been free range for about the last three months and the little girls have been free range for several weeks. The two groups keep mostly to themselves but cross paths in the yard. Today a coyote got one of my...
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