Chickens like Sour, & bitter tastes.Maybe put something really sour, so the chicken won’t peck at it? Or just cover up the area with some gauze or something? I’m not too sure what you can do
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Chickens like Sour, & bitter tastes.Maybe put something really sour, so the chicken won’t peck at it? Or just cover up the area with some gauze or something? I’m not too sure what you can do
Maybe put something like vinegar? I’m just lost. I meant just put something that chickens Hate to eatChickens like Sour, & bitter tastes.
They don't hurt the birds, it just interrupts their frontal vision.Any other options? I'm not fond of those
Ok, good to know. I was misinformed. Thanks for your help!They don't hurt the birds, it just interrupts their frontal vision.
Vinegar is sour. There's not much you can use on a chicken.Maybe put something like vinegar? I’m just lost. I meant just put something that chickens Hate to eat
Thanks! I have searched him over and over and over for mites and don't see anything. I'll dust him just in case.Excellent photos. Good write up. Believe me, it's a welcome change from having to drag information out of people posting with a problem. Thank you.
You likely have a feather picker, as @MysteryChicken has suggested. The pattern of baldness and emerging pin feathers indicates to me that pin feathers are being liberated as soon as they pop out.
But what concerns me as much is the condition of his feathers. For just eight months old, they are as stripped of quality as if he were already old enough for first adult molt. It makes me wonder if he might have feather mites. I would give him a few dustings of permethrin powder. You might check the others for this same threadbare condition and dust them also.
He appears to be the hens' favorite. You can catch them in the act of munching his neck feathers while they loaf or dirt bathe. Watch which hens cozy up to him and nuzzle his neck. Those will be your culprits that are yanking his pin feathers.
So, to sum up, I believe you have a two-fold issue. Possible feather mites and pickers that are after his blood rich pin feathers. The first is easy to treat, but the second is almost never possible to resolve effectively. Believe me, I've been trying to come up with a solution to feather picking for fourteen years.
You're welcome.Ok, good to know. I was misinformed. Thanks for your help!