- Jan 25, 2013
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I have these almost 2 week old chicks (marans) and they are starting to peck the new feathers. they are in an
8x8 coup, with a 250w heat lamp that they can get close or far away from. plenty of room, feed and waterers. I put Blu-cote (sp?) on them and under the light it seem to make it worse. even though it's a red light, made the blu-cote look like blood. I put on neosporin and they started preening the heck out of themselves to get it off and made it worse.
so my next option is : rooster booster no peck solution OR pine tar. Not sure which is better and I'm done buying every option out there. Can I get opinions please? Raised some hybrids in the same coup/condition last fall and had NO problem like this. I think the marans are just a more aggressive breed and starting trouble. Also, they have a red 250w heat bulb , I thought that was supposed to make everything look red to prevent this. The light its giving out is actually not really red at all.
thanks in advance
8x8 coup, with a 250w heat lamp that they can get close or far away from. plenty of room, feed and waterers. I put Blu-cote (sp?) on them and under the light it seem to make it worse. even though it's a red light, made the blu-cote look like blood. I put on neosporin and they started preening the heck out of themselves to get it off and made it worse.
so my next option is : rooster booster no peck solution OR pine tar. Not sure which is better and I'm done buying every option out there. Can I get opinions please? Raised some hybrids in the same coup/condition last fall and had NO problem like this. I think the marans are just a more aggressive breed and starting trouble. Also, they have a red 250w heat bulb , I thought that was supposed to make everything look red to prevent this. The light its giving out is actually not really red at all.
thanks in advance