How beat up is too beat up?

[DanielleOrbach]

You can buy Blue Koat at most all farm supply stores and pet stores.
I believe all her feathers have come in. She has her adult feathers and even though adult feathers start with the wings, her back should not be bare. Can you post better close up pics of all birds, I think I might have saw a rooster in there.

Here are close ups of the smaller birds.

 

[DanielleOrbach]

If they are doing the pecking just in the pen when confined, they may need more room.

Yes it is really only in the run.

 

[chickens really]

Here are close ups of the smaller birds.

I'm thinking you have a few Cockerels..

 

[DanielleOrbach]

I'm thinking you have a few Cockerels..

Which ones?

 

[chickens really]

Goldie and Blue I'm thinking.

 

[DanielleOrbach]

If they are doing the pecking just in the pen when confined, they may need more room.

I think the run is going to be ever expanding.

 

[DanielleOrbach]

Goldie and Blue I'm thinking.

Wow, okay, I'll keep an eye on them as they grow. They came with a guarantee and we got insurance to replace/exchange them for any reason.

 

[coach723]

Do some observing, try to find out who is doing the pecking. I do think space is probably your biggest issue. I don't see an obvious cockerel, but I will admit that I've been fooled before, different breeds can feather at different rates. Aggressive birds can be any breed really. Some people have trouble with RIR's, I've had more trouble with my wyandottes being testy, so watching to see what is going on is the best idea. Not knowing what the parental lines were, makes it hard to say 'that breed' is the problem. Every group of birds is different, what is adequate space for one group may be way to small for another, the individual personalities and temperaments are what really matters. Cramped quarters are the biggest cause of problems. I would really make the run larger, and make sure they have adequate space for roosting, sometimes the roosting bars are a battle ground in themselves. Make sure that they have places to hide behind (but that they have no way of being cornered behind). Sometimes out of sight/out of mind can help.

 

[chickens really]

Coop should be large enough too because pecking from the Roosts happen..

 

[DanielleOrbach]

Do some observing, try to find out who is doing the pecking. I do think space is probably your biggest issue. I don't see an obvious cockerel, but I will admit that I've been fooled before, different breeds can feather at different rates. Aggressive birds can be any breed really. Some people have trouble with RIR's, I've had more trouble with my wyandottes being testy, so watching to see what is going on is the best idea. Not knowing what the parental lines were, makes it hard to say 'that breed' is the problem. Every group of birds is different, what is adequate space for one group may be way to small for another, the individual personalities and temperaments are what really matters. Cramped quarters are the biggest cause of problems. I would really make the run larger, and make sure they have adequate space for roosting, sometimes the roosting bars are a battle ground in themselves. Make sure that they have places to hide behind (but that they have no way of being cornered behind). Sometimes out of sight/out of mind can help.

The roost is what we are finishing expanding today because there is definitely NOT enough space in the original roost. I will keep an eye on them to see who is doing what, but it seems that Blue has been pecking a lot at the others. It seems that the darker RIR is the top of the pecking order, then the other, then the Brahma, Blue, Goldie and the EE.