Hi,
I just ordered Avia Charge 2000 from MM after reading some posts on feather picking. I have to say in the last couple of weeks 1/2 of the girls are looking pretty raggedy.
I had very few issues with the picking till now. They picked on one of the buff minorcas in the brooder, I had to treat her twice but her feathers came back and no problems till now. They are now 22wks and I'm now getting 3-6 eggs daily since they started laying 3 weeks ago. The cuprits are the white leghorns & occasionally the 1 brown leghorn gets a little nasty. I have a total of 7 girls (out of 14) with bald spots on their backs
They have 24/7 access to layer crumbles, oyster shell, grit & clean water. I throw goodies in the run like weeds, grass, fruit....watermelons & lopes, vegetables, yogurt & they get BOSS daily. They also have free access to their run. With the exception of the BOSS & yogurt, they will stop eating treats to go pick feathers. Some of the girls that haven't started laying but are squatting will stand there & take it for a minute or two before trying to get away. Seems to me like they're squatting for the dominate girls but just get picked at for their trouble.
They do have sufficient room/ space per chicken, I do want to expand their run next spring in an attempt to give them pasture that I can restrict their access to to manage the grass.
So my question is has anyone had success with the Avia Charge? Do you use it daily? Year round? Or is their something else I can do?
Thanks
I just ordered Avia Charge 2000 from MM after reading some posts on feather picking. I have to say in the last couple of weeks 1/2 of the girls are looking pretty raggedy.
I had very few issues with the picking till now. They picked on one of the buff minorcas in the brooder, I had to treat her twice but her feathers came back and no problems till now. They are now 22wks and I'm now getting 3-6 eggs daily since they started laying 3 weeks ago. The cuprits are the white leghorns & occasionally the 1 brown leghorn gets a little nasty. I have a total of 7 girls (out of 14) with bald spots on their backs

They do have sufficient room/ space per chicken, I do want to expand their run next spring in an attempt to give them pasture that I can restrict their access to to manage the grass.
So my question is has anyone had success with the Avia Charge? Do you use it daily? Year round? Or is their something else I can do?
Thanks