Twice today, whenever Alex squatted for me to pet her, Jordan the RIR wasted no time in running over and biting her back until she had successfully ripped out a feather. Upon gleaning her "treat," Jordan proceeded to run away and eat it. Besides noticing one of my Cayugas also pulling some feathers and devouring them, our White Rock stole the Alex feather from Jordan one of the times, made her escape, then ate it. Do we have a protein deficiency in our flock? I'm aware that I should feed our birds something high in protein if this is the case, and probably separate Jordan from the rest. I'm also informed that if your efforts are to no avail in curing the girls of their nasty habit, the one bird who still eats feathers needs to be....well.....dealt with. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
-Alex
Thank you,
-Alex