feather picking

  1. S

    Please help – months-long feather issues that I just can’t solve.

    I have 3 hens roughly 10 months old (1 Lavender Orpington, 1 Easter Egger, 1 ISA Brown.) All are laying, eating, drinking, and pooping consistently and normally and show no other signs of disease or distress. At first I thought it was feather picking on the back of the smallest hen (the Easter...
  2. Lavender and CJ

    Help! Feather Picking and Breaking Blood Feathers!

    As we've quickly found out with chickens, when it rains, it pours. Our chickens have been pecking at each other's back/parson's nose area for the past few weeks and we need advice! Our Setup: Our hens are 6-7 months old. They are all standard-size birds. They were on layer crumbles at 18%...
  3. J

    Feather picking

    Hey there, Last fall I added 4 new chickens to my existing 4. I considered overcrowding before making that move. My pen is 9x12x6’ high with roosting bars set up, food and water (1 feeder, 1- water), 16% protein mini pellets. The coop is 4x4 with 3 roosting bars, 4 nesting boxes, 2 on each side...
  4. J

    Feather picking and laying reduction.

    So I have 14 chickens for the past year and have been doing the deep litter method. I just recently changed out bedding at the end of spring. Not sure if this started before the change or not, but all of my Australorps and Easter Eggers are picking feathers on their chests and necks. My Barred...
  5. H

    Can't stop feather picking and bullying

    Hello All, I'm brand new to this forum so I'm not sure where to best place to post this, so sorry if it landed in the wrong place. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated! I'm having trouble with excessive feather picking and bullying. We have 6 hens...Black Jersey Giant, Black...
  6. M

    Hen feathers not regrowing after rooster cull

    So my rooster was over mating with a few hens in the flock to the point that they perpetually had bareback and 2 of them had major feather loss around their heads and necks. He ended up bullying one of the hens to the point that she wouldn’t leave the coop so I culled him. I have 8 hens...
    • mamabones
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    • bare spots feather loss bully behavior feather picking pecking order separate or not
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  7. Alderen

    Bullying and pecking - need help and advice - I'm desperate

    I'm desperate and need any/all advice. I need to give a little back story and I'll include pictures when I can. At the end of April 2023, we purchased 6 chicks from a local feed store. 2 Starlight Green Eggers ( SGE - 2 weeks old), 2 Black Australorps (BA - 1 week old), 1 Barred Rock (BR - 1...
  8. E

    My 2 "bearded" Easter Eggers have bald necks from feather pulling. Pls help. URGENT!!!

    My 2 "bearded" Easter Eggers have bald necks from feather pulling. One of my blue marans and both of my Ideal 236 ( mix of brown and white leghorn, ancona, and california grey) have been pulling beard, neck and head feathers out of my EEs. this has been going on for several months but it have...
  9. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Dealing with Bullies: Separation Pen and Egg Laying

    My 4+ y/o RIR, Willy Honka, is a great chicken.... most of the time. However, since this time last year, when my BO Glory starts to molt and blood feather nubs start showing up around her vent/rear end, Willy Honka becomes OBSESSED with plucking and pecking them. Inevitably, this causes bleeding...
  10. M

    Help with feather picking/loss

    Hi everyone! My family and I are new to raising chickens, and have been stumped as to how to help our chickens stop feather picking. We bought the hens from a family getting rid of them in January this year, and one of the hens had some feather loss at her tail area (the owners said it was...
  11. The chicken nurd

    Feather picking?

    I’m not sure if this is just my hens picking at each other or if it’s something more what do you guys think Also I just noticed it in the last couple weeks except on the hen in the last picture who has been missing some feathers since I got her a few months ago
  12. PeepingK

    Rooster losing weight and neck feathers

    I have no idea what’s going on with my poor boy Rowan. This past month or so I’ve noticed that he’s lost a noticeable amount of weight and I can’t figure out what it’s from. Every night I lock them up I feel his crop to see how much he’s eaten and it’s usually less than half as full as the girls...
  13. POD

    Feather Eating Troubles

    I’m looking for advice on what I can do for my >6 month old hen Brontë, who has returned to her former habit of plucking and eating the feathers of her five other flock mates. If you can share any stories or advice you have on curing a chicken of feather eating, please leave a comment. I’m...
    • POD
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    • bully behavior cannibal chicken cannibalism feather eating feather picking help hen 8 months isolated pinless peepers
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  14. M

    2 yo hen plucking feathers off of crop

    Hi all! I have a 2 yo hen that has been plucking her breast feathers off since January. She molted late in the year (December 2021) and then when all of her feathers grew back she started picking them out but just on her crop and breast area. I tried using some no peck goop and some antiseptic...
  15. P

    Male goose pulling female’s feathers.

    We have a set of 6 weeks old Embden geese (male and female) Recently When the female bathes in the pool they have, the male comes over and picks a mouthful of feathers of the female and eats them. He only does this when she is in water. She obviously does not like it. Thoughts?
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    • feather picking geese male goose
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Geese
  16. B

    Hello, new chick mom, first night in the coop 😧

    Hello, My husband and adult children convinced me to get some chickens this spring. We got 2 Barneveldts, 2 Golden Sex Link and 2 Buckeye. They are now 5 weeks old, spending their first night in the coop, I am so nervous for them to be out. I may need to post this somewhere else, but when I was...
  17. NatureGirl74

    Can I use pick no more in freezing weather

    One of my pullets is getting picked on a lot. She's had a small bald spot for a few days, but this evening I noticed some blood. She was doing really well at first. Recently, the roo has been mounting her a lot and she really freaks out. After that some of the other hens started picking on her...
  18. Smartbomb71

    6 Hens 3 Bullies

    My flock is all jacked up. I have 6 hens; a barred rock, RIR, Issa brown, EE, americauna, and a lacy Wyandot. The crappy behavior started with Loretta the Issa brown. She started picking feathers and chasing my americauna Fluff. It was stressful and I should've isolated Loretta. I'm certain that...
  19. M

    Hen pulling out her own feathers??!

    My chicken Blanche is a 2 year old GLW. I have been noticing in the past few days she's peen PULLING OUT HER OWN FEATHERS. I even saw her eat a few, I'm not sure it was intentional or not. One of her shoulders has a big bald spot. She is focusing on her shoulders and the side of her body. She's...
  20. Chickadee00

    Feather picking!

    My 2 hens started picking off the backfeathers of my rooster. I already tried an anti pick spray but one still picks him and the other is also still interested in his feather even though she won't really pick him. I have two stables and put those two hens in one and locked the door (with water...
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