vent pecking

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    Vent Pecking

    I have a hen that is relentlessly vent pecking. It’s likely a learned behavior from being in an overcrowded coop when I inherited them. When they arrived, the two RIRs had bare bottoms from another hen who was plucking their butt feather and eating them. Unfortunately, the cannibal hen had to be...
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    Weird Question: Accidentally got Blu-Kote in Chicken's vent

    I know Blu-kote isn't the best and there are all kinds of warnings about it. For this reason, I avoid it with one exception: I only use it a few times a year on a chicken who always has the area around her vent pecked when she molts (and she always molts in the summer). I've tried Pick-no-more...
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