- Jan 21, 2011
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I have 15 broilers that I got toward the end of September. I kept them in one of those GQF brooder cages for two and a half weeks before I put them outside. I also had 15 pullets in with them. Now all of the pullets have their feathers but the broilers I think plucked all of theirs out around the rump, breast, back, and neck but have all their wing feathers and some patches around their body and head. I plan on processing them around the first or second week of November. Will the feathers grow back? I'm worried about the unhealthy look the carcass will have because of the redness of the plucked areas. Any suggestions of what I should do?