How to get hen to stop plucking feathers from others

[imogene08]

My poor little polish is getting all beat up from my SLW she plucks out the vent feathers of he polish and she was sleeping on my lap and I could see where all the feathers had been plucked and sole blood but not noticeable she does this to all of them
But mostly my polish Any idea how I can stop it I can't lock her away somewhere we have no place so how can I help her stop it before it gets way out of hand?!?

 

[imogene08]

The**

 

[imogene08]

Saw**

 

[enola]

Hen peepers are what you need.

 

[imogene08]

What are those??

 

[enola]

They are thingies that keep the hen from being able to look down her beak and zero in on feathers. They can still see to eat drink and live a normal life.

Someone here will post a link for you.

By the way they also work on bully hens. They mess up the pecking order.

I bought mine because of silver laced wyandottes

 

[imogene08]

I guess it just the breed which makes them like that she's a hardy little hen though laying a egg each day and keeping the flock in order

 

[mholm]

I also have a bully hen who plucks neck feathers on one gentle hen and goes through phases of bum pecking the others. Four months ago I isolated her from the others in an old chick rearing area and also clipped some of her feathers so she looks scruffy. I've heard that a couple of days away from the others and she will lose her status in the pecking order. It worked a few months ago and since lately she is back to her old tricks, I have isolated her again this morning. She sleeps in the chick roost as well.

 

[imogene08]

I would try that but I have no where to put her:/

 

[cafarmgirl]

I would try the peepers and/or pull her out. That is a nasty habit that can easily lead to much worse damage, even death, to the birds being pecked.