Almost no feathers on their backs....

[watsonlane]

Our Queens have gotten where there are almost no feathers on their backs.....we have 12 hens and 3 roosters all in the same coop. Almost every one of the hens are without feathers. What's causing this and how can we fix it?

 

[sumi]

It's the roosters being over-attentive. You can make your hens chickens saddles to protect their backs and give the feathers a chance to regrow. Here's some links and how-to's in this thread:

chicken sadles

 

[watsonlane]

Oh WOW!!!!! Im not crafty with a needle! Would this mean my roosters may need to be seperated or reduced to 1 instead of 3 becuase ALL my queens have it.

 

[sumi]

If can bear to part with 2 of them that would help, yes.