- Apr 23, 2012
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Hello-
I have a flock of happy healthy 14 week old chickens and I have recently noticed that one RI Red in particular tends to pull feathers and eat them off of other birds-especially when they are dust bathing.So far she has not drawn blood of the other chickens, but at times she just runs around pulling and eating feathers. She is the only one doing this. I have read some articles-but wondering if any of you have suggestions. I will try adding vinegar or vitamins to water, feed less table scraps so she eats more of the medicated grower feed. Any other thoughts? trying to prevent real injury to any of our girls!
Thanks!
I have a flock of happy healthy 14 week old chickens and I have recently noticed that one RI Red in particular tends to pull feathers and eat them off of other birds-especially when they are dust bathing.So far she has not drawn blood of the other chickens, but at times she just runs around pulling and eating feathers. She is the only one doing this. I have read some articles-but wondering if any of you have suggestions. I will try adding vinegar or vitamins to water, feed less table scraps so she eats more of the medicated grower feed. Any other thoughts? trying to prevent real injury to any of our girls!
Thanks!
