HELP!!!! My hen is bleeding from hen pecking

[aart]

But i still have the rest of them pecking, some of them quite bald. How do i stop them pecking each other totally.

Please answer these questions...
-your flock size(numbers, ages, genders)?
-your coop(size in feet by feet with pics)?
-and what all and how exactly you are feeding?
willl offer clues to if there is a solvable problem.

 

[Waz]

Please answer these questions...
-your flock size(numbers, ages, genders)?
-your coop(size in feet by feet with pics)?
-and what all and how exactly you are feeding?
willl offer clues to if there is a solvable problem.

10 hens......just a year old and all female
will send through some pictures and sizes later.
i have a 20kg feeder that is full of layers pellets - Jameson's Layer Pellets 17% 25kg

 

[Waz]

It could be a dietary issue.

What is the protein content of the feed you are using?

Can you try supplementing twice a week with canned mackerel?

Do your hens have oyster shell available?

i use Jameson's Layer Pellets 17% 25kg so i guess it is 17%

 

[Waz]

It could be a dietary issue.

What is the protein content of the feed you are using?

Can you try supplementing twice a week with canned mackerel?

Do your hens have oyster shell available?

yes we do have oyster shell......what do i do with it

 

[Waz]

I have a chicken who was pecked SO badly, and I rehabbed her in isolation (put her in a dog crate that belongs to my pittie) and tended to her wound. At first, I flushed any broken skin with Betadine (the spray is super handy) and then cleaned it numerous times a day with either neosporin (make sure it doesn't have the painkiller in it) or Vetricyn spray.

Your chicken doesn't look too awful, but I would separate her from the others until she recovers. Chickens sense weakness and injury and will just keep picking on her otherwise.

Once she's good to go, slowly reintegrate her to the flock. At first, supervise their interactions to be sure they don't go back to their old ways. If her wound looks reddish or in anyway like an injury, used Bluekote or Pick No More to deter the others.

Do you let your chickens free range or are they in an enclosure all day. They could be behaving like this due to confinement or boredom.

they aren't free range everyday but are let out once a week for a few hours......14/15 square meters in total

 

[21hens-incharge]

yes we do have oyster shell......what do i do with it

Oyster shell should be available in a dish separate from the food dish. They will pick what they need as they need it from there.

Mostly we are all yet my to get to the root cause of the picking at each other. It isn't fun to watch them destroy each other and I don't think it is th for them either.
We all want to help solve the frustrating issue.

Sometimes to help break up the monotony in the run I hang apples from screw eyes. It is like tetherball for them.

These things.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-4-Zinc-Plated-Steel-Screw-Eye-25-Pack-803662/204273859

They have to work at it so it lasts longer.

Lots of treats can be screwed on like corn on the cob, cabbage, and apples.
Just don't overdo it because they are still just treats.
I hang mine a bit above head height for them.

 

[aart]

will send through some pictures and sizes later.

Crowding is the number one cause of inappropriate pecking, IMO.