Pinless peepers damage

[tripletfeb]

Purchased peepers for 2 of my girls and I was just about to put them on and I noticed the space between the left and right side is tiny. The plastic is rigid too so I am afraid it will pinch her septum. Do you know the anatomy of their nostrils? I'm scared these will damage as tight as the 2 sides are to one another

It's possible you got the wrong size. I put mine in warm water and that helped loosen them up. They should just slip right into the nostrils, you will want a second set of hands to help hold the chicken

 

[blondie55555]

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I am currently in my second year owning chickens and up until recently things were going smoothly. We introduced 5 new chickens to our flock in the fall and although our chickens seemed to be possibly picking feathers slightly before it seemed to become exacerbated after. One chicken was injured by having the base of her back by her tail pecked and became bloody. I removed her until she healed and then reintroduced her by putting her cage into the coop for a week and then allowing her to re-enter the flock. Unfortunately she was wounded again and then next morning I put the cage back into the coop and put her back into it. Around this time we had a high number of our hens missing various levels of feather mostly at the base of their backs and some around their vents and on their wings. While my one hen was healing in the cage I looked into other solutions for the feather picking. I had checked them for mites/lice and there wasn’t any signs and so I chalked it to Behaviour. This is when I came upon Pinless peepers. I did a ton of research and there was a lot out there that said they were not painful and caused no damage to the chickens and they calmed flocks to stop feather picking. I purchased the peepers off Amazon and my husband and I put them on. The flock got used to them quickly, seemed to calm and new feathers started growing back. 3.5 weeks later I went out and decided to check on the peepers closely to see how the chickens were doing. That’s when I saw one chicken with damage on her beak. Immediately I got help and I took them all off the chickens within the hour. I was devastated at what I found. Out of my 16 pretty much every one has some kind of damage from swelling, bruising, etc.

I will never be using these again and now have to try and make sure my girls will be okay and won’t be harmed further from the damage these caused. I have included a picture of the worst one and would appreciate any advice on how to make sure these girls heal properly.

Did you use the small or large ones? Wondering if they could have been either too small or too large. I just started mine with large. Wondering how to tell what size is needed.

I used them for 2 weeks on Mommy Dearest. All great until I took them off yesterday and she reverted back to picking feathers to eat. I didn’t notice any damage on her beak. Back on today.

 

[dinjun_1]

Only helpful comments please.

I am currently in my second year owning chickens and up until recently things were going smoothly. We introduced 5 new chickens to our flock in the fall and although our chickens seemed to be possibly picking feathers slightly before it seemed to become exacerbated after. One chicken was injured by having the base of her back by her tail pecked and became bloody. I removed her until she healed and then reintroduced her by putting her cage into the coop for a week and then allowing her to re-enter the flock. Unfortunately she was wounded again and then next morning I put the cage back into the coop and put her back into it. Around this time we had a high number of our hens missing various levels of feather mostly at the base of their backs and some around their vents and on their wings. While my one hen was healing in the cage I looked into other solutions for the feather picking. I had checked them for mites/lice and there wasn’t any signs and so I chalked it to Behaviour. This is when I came upon Pinless peepers. I did a ton of research and there was a lot out there that said they were not painful and caused no damage to the chickens and they calmed flocks to stop feather picking. I purchased the peepers off Amazon and my husband and I put them on. The flock got used to them quickly, seemed to calm and new feathers started growing back. 3.5 weeks later I went out and decided to check on the peepers closely to see how the chickens were doing. That’s when I saw one chicken with damage on her beak. Immediately I got help and I took them all off the chickens within the hour. I was devastated at what I found. Out of my 16 pretty much every one has some kind of damage from swelling, bruising, etc.

I will never be using these again and now have to try and make sure my girls will be okay and won’t be harmed further from the damage these caused. I have included a picture of the worst one and would appreciate any advise on how to make sure these girls heal properly.

Everything I have read about them says to not leave them in for more than 2 weeks. If the behavior returns, wait 1 week before reinstalling. Make sure to check their nostrils and clean them when removing them. If a chicken has a running nose or blockage, clean with damp Cotten swab. If there is swollen or places that look sore, clean area as above, then give them a break from the glasses for a week. If they start bullying while they are recuperating, isolate them from the flock, but keep them near enough to the other chickens so that they are still part of the group but not the flock. After 1-2 weeks, reintroduce them back into the flock. This will put them lower on the pecking order and changes behavior.