Hen roosting with juvaniles?

[PaisyQ]

Pin (blood) feathers can bleed pretty easily(and badly) if broken, as long as it stops bleeding and it's not being picked at it should be OK.
If it keeps bleeding, it should be fully plucked out with tweezers, that will stop the bleeding and another feather will grow in it's place.
Had to do the pluck a couple times with a young cockerel this spring...but have ahd older bird slightly bleed from broken pins that healed up on it's own.

Ack, that should be fun. Neither of them want to be touched, in anyway, at all. They used to be so cuddily with me. Hopefully that is just the molting thing, and they'll be friendly again when there feathers come in. I'll have to get a pair of tweezers. The bleeding does seem to have stopped, but some of the feathers look pretty bad. Should I try pulling them anyway?

 

[aart]

I wouldn't pull a feather unless it was actively bleeding and won't stop any other way (pressure or corn starch/styptic powder).....you'll know it when you see it. I used a pair of small hemostats that I use to pluck the poodles ears.