I have a large group of young moscovies they are at the stage where they are growing in their primaries. Over the past couple weeks I’ve noticed that some have been pulling the pin feathers out of others and now it’s gotten to the point where a quarter of the flock is tormenting each other pulling each others pin feathers out. I’m honestly at a loss with this as at night they are put into a large dog run to keep them safe then they are let out early in the morning. Obviously this started in the dog pen either out of boredom or they felt they were crowded which they honestly aren’t and they only sleep in there.
So I’m to the point where I’m going to not be putting them in the pen at night and just leave them out as they don’t do it as much when they are out side of the pen. Only issue is I do have coyotes around and they have taken ducks in the past last year in the fall. These ducks are meant for the freezer.
The other thing is I’m here in communist Canada and we aren’t allowed to buy blue kote anymore which would fix this as years ago I had this happen on a smaller scale and I just sprayed their wings with blue kote and it stopped.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
So I’m to the point where I’m going to not be putting them in the pen at night and just leave them out as they don’t do it as much when they are out side of the pen. Only issue is I do have coyotes around and they have taken ducks in the past last year in the fall. These ducks are meant for the freezer.
The other thing is I’m here in communist Canada and we aren’t allowed to buy blue kote anymore which would fix this as years ago I had this happen on a smaller scale and I just sprayed their wings with blue kote and it stopped.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
