August83
Chirping
- Oct 12, 2018
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In my present situation, I have my two boys separated as they fight pretty intensely to the point of drawing blood. One has lost an eye so, I felt it best they be kept apart. Both are let out during the day. One in a run, the other free ranging. The hens are split between them so neither gets lonely and they rotate who's set out and who stays in the run. My current problem is that both roos have been shearing off their own tail feathers. Their backsides aren't bald but, the feathers appear to be cut short. Both coops are secure from predators so, I don't think there's anything getting in and doing this to them. They're doing this mostly at night as I find the feathers inside the coops when I go to let them out in the morning. The hens seem to be doing just fine with their feathers. Any ideas as to the cause of this and what I can do to fix it?