This is cross-posted on the Behaviors page.https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/697052/i-think-i-found-a-miracle-cure-for-feather-picking/250 I really, really need your help if you're from Europe. Today was one of the worst days of my life. I have two more feather pickers who have managed to circumvent the effectiveness of pinless peepers and continue to ravage the feathers of the others. The Bumpa-bit is working extremely well for Flo, my original feather-picker, but I just have but the one bit that a very generous BYCer shared out of her own limited supply with me. I had ordered a set of them from e-Bay awhile back, but they are useless because they are too long for hens. That one is all that e-Bay sells, and no one else sells them to people in the US.
So, I decided to clip the upper and lower beaks of these two trouble-makers. The first one went very well, but the second one was a disaster. Little Sylvia jumped just as I came down on her lower beak with the clippers. Blood gushed like a faucet, and nothing would staunch it. I tried direct pressure, corn starch, and then just let her bleed, hoping it would stop at some point.
I won't go into all the details, but she will be fine. But I really need some more Bumpa-bits. It's a given now that feather picking is hopeless, and there is no cure for it, but re-homing or killing. But the outlet that sells the Bumpa-bit small size for hens, Omlet, won't ship to the US. I asked them, so that's that.
There is a way, though. If anyone from Europe is reading this, please, PLEASE PM me if you think you can help me by making the purchase for me and mailing it to me.
We're a big, big family of BYCers. If we can't help each other, then there really is no hope.
So, I decided to clip the upper and lower beaks of these two trouble-makers. The first one went very well, but the second one was a disaster. Little Sylvia jumped just as I came down on her lower beak with the clippers. Blood gushed like a faucet, and nothing would staunch it. I tried direct pressure, corn starch, and then just let her bleed, hoping it would stop at some point.
I won't go into all the details, but she will be fine. But I really need some more Bumpa-bits. It's a given now that feather picking is hopeless, and there is no cure for it, but re-homing or killing. But the outlet that sells the Bumpa-bit small size for hens, Omlet, won't ship to the US. I asked them, so that's that.
There is a way, though. If anyone from Europe is reading this, please, PLEASE PM me if you think you can help me by making the purchase for me and mailing it to me.
We're a big, big family of BYCers. If we can't help each other, then there really is no hope.
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