The girls are constantly pecking their rear feathers out!

JSC

In the Brooder
11 Years
Mar 28, 2008
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2
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Union, Mo.
Does any one know why our girls are constantly picking the rear end feathers out of one another? We had one that got bad enough that she got a bloody sore and we had to isolate her till she healed.

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Are you sure they are picking them out? It looks more like rooster rash.

If you don't have a roo, I would say they are lacking in protein and methione. Try feeding some BOSS. (Black Oil Sunflower Seed)
 
No Roo.
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We actually catch them plucking a feather,then running off with it and swallowing it quick!
 
Mine look like that but it is from a rooster. Have you tried Blu-Kote on it? I use that, but make sure you wear gloves or you will have purple hands for a week.
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Three things to try: give them more room (enlarge coop or run if possible); give them something better to do (like, cut a whole bunch of long grass or roadside weeds [making sure there is nothing drastically toxic in there], or weed the garden, and dump it all into their run for them to eat and scratch through; and try feeding more protein, for instance scraps of meat from the kitchen (freezerburned bits, trimmings, bits scraped off bones after you boil them for soup, etc).

Good luck,

Pat
 

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