Hello. We have 6 hens around 8 months old. Four of them are laying. Three barred Rocks, Onre Rhode Island Red and two Easter Eggers. They have all been together since they were chicks.
Their run is pretty big and we just expanded it, lots of roost bars and things to climb on.
The problem is that our Rhode Island just recently started really pulling feathers out of her sisters. One barred rocks nearly bare at her bottom. The other hens don’t do anything to fight back. We have researched all and started adding more protein to their diet, have had Red separated for a couple days but she just goes back to it
Looking for recommendations on how to cure this. She’s a great layer and very human docile. Not sure what else to do. We just got the chicken blinders to use as a last resort but still researching them before we give it a go
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Their run is pretty big and we just expanded it, lots of roost bars and things to climb on.
The problem is that our Rhode Island just recently started really pulling feathers out of her sisters. One barred rocks nearly bare at her bottom. The other hens don’t do anything to fight back. We have researched all and started adding more protein to their diet, have had Red separated for a couple days but she just goes back to it
Looking for recommendations on how to cure this. She’s a great layer and very human docile. Not sure what else to do. We just got the chicken blinders to use as a last resort but still researching them before we give it a go
Any advice would be greatly appreciated