My White Plymouth Rock has started picking out the other chicken's feathers!! What do I do?! How do I break that habit? My SLW only has a few tail feathers left, and Flo (Feather picker) picks out her leg feathers when she's taking a dust bath.... Do I have to get rid of her?
Too little space, too little protein, and boredom are generally the causes of feather picking. Boredom comes from too little space.
I had the same problem. I upped their protein. Mine wouldn't take cat food so I started mixing 20% feed with my current 16% feed. (50 - 50 ratio) This brought up the protein to 18%. It stopped the feather picking. Mary
Thank you so much! What if I whipped a few eggs so they can't recognize them, and fed them that? Would that be enough protein?