Do other hens peck at bald spots my roo caused?

[flickerfarkle]

Back in May I posted that I was having a roo that was getting too rough on his hens, plucking bare spots on their backs. I sent that roo to Camp Kenmore and gave the hens a couple of weeks to heal up. After two weeks I replaced him with a youngster about eight weeks old but not before I put an extra hen in that cage, bringing his total of hens to six.

A month since switching to a different rooster and it appears the plucked spots on the hens' backs are still growing. I've already isolated that rooster so now what I'm wondering is, is it a certainty that the roo was to blame or will the other hens also peck at a bare spot on other hen's backs? In which case the new rooster might be blameless, and there's really no hope of the injured hens healing.

I understand they'll peck at an anal prolapse but I don't recall anyone speaking to them attacking a plucked spot on another hen.

 

[sourland]

They will feather peck/pluck.

 

[Nabiki]

There are a few things that can cause the baldness. An overenthusiastic male is one. Feather plucking is another. Excess heat can cause some as well.

Feather plucking can be aggression, it could also be insufficient protein in their diet.

 

[Slothinc]

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