Need help with a Bully!!!*****Update*****

[newchickenmommy]

I have had no luck with chicken 'time out'. If my GL Wyandotte wasn't so pretty (and my best layer) it would be the soup pot for her. She is rather mean.

I decided to try to make a Chicken saddle for my hen that is getting picked on. I downloaded a pattern and picked up some fabric today. I tried to find fabric that sort of blends with her markings so it doesn't stand out and create yet another picking temptation. I made it up this evening in about a hour. Super easy and it fit right away! I know this will work. I only wish I had found this patttern sooner. She doesn't seem to mind having it on either and it is covering her picked at area totally. I love this idea and I am going to make a few more of these just so I can have some on hand if needed. If anyone wants to try the pattern I have added the link. I am NOT very good at sewing and I found this very easy to make and very inexpensive. It is kind of cute too! I will let you know how it works after a few days. Poor Annie, maybe now she can grow some feather on her back again.

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/showthread.php?t=181223

Sally

 

[novice sue]

Hi to all of you chicken friends, your posts are so helpful. It is a highlite these days to have BYC to learn from.
This am went to feed the Orpingtons and my little miss joan had all her feathers on her back just gone! The roo is so big and also young and a bit rough. She had some feathers gone before but they were growin back just fine. Someone had mentioned saddles for hens some time ago- cant find the info again. Anyone making them?
Meanwhile, i have her in a cage on the house, i dont want her to be pecked on or to be bred untill she is feathered again.

 

[chicmom]

There are these things called "Pinless Peepers", that you clip through a chicken's nostrils and they act as blinders so the chicken quits pecking so much. Lots of people I know have had success with them.

BUT, if you're not real attached to that hen, OFF WITH IT'S HEAD! LOL That's what I do. No need for a mean hen or rooster--they make a mean pot o'chicken soup though!

 

[newchickenmommy]

Novice Sue, read the post right above yours. I added a link for a chicken saddle pattern. They work really good.

Sally