Pros and Cons of Pinless Peepers

[Djeje]

Pinless Peepers helps stop cannibalism, excess pecking, egg eating, and plucking. Basically, instead of going the painful route of debeaking your birds, you put these on their faces. As a con, you should only allow them to wear them for two weeks, which might not be long enough to break the habit. Also, they don't always fully work, just like debeaking doesn’t either. Depending on the bird, the Peepers can enlarge the hen's nostrils (or cause blockage if not properly taken care of) and may leave marks on the beak where it rubbed against, but that's temporary for the most part.

In the end, if you’re having a huge problem with one of your birds (example, she's eating all her friends), then there might be an issue that the Pinless Peepers might not help with. Some things that shouldn't be expected for the Pinless Peepers to completely take care of are:

• Egg eating: This may be cause of not enough calcium in the flocks' diet, resulting in either soft shells or hens eating eggs for the calcium primarily.
• Plucking: This may be caused from not enough protein in their diet or boredom.
• Excess pecking: This may be a result of boredom, or in cases of an individual bird getting overly pecked, a sign of illness.
• Cannibalism: This may be due to lack of food, space, or from boredom.

The Pinless Peepers are meant to stop habits, but after reading the list above, always be sure that there's not other factors occurring. Sometimes, the Pinless Peepers are needed to help stop a habit that formed from those factors after taking care of those factors. Please always ensure your flock is getting the proper diet, has enough space and entertainment, and is healthy in every way possible. Also note, that some cases (such as with cannibalism), there might not be anything that could stop their habits, and if they're becoming a life risk to your flock, then they should be removed.

If you're interested in getting your flock Pinless Peepers and would like to know how to put them on, feel free to check this article out here: How To Apply Pinless Peepers

Can they interfere with hens flying up to their perch?

 

[tripletfeb]

Can they interfere with hens flying up to their perch?

I've never had an issue with my hens flying to their perch with their peepers on

 

[Evadig]

Can they interfere with hens flying up to their perch?

Mine never appeared bothered by them.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Can you use pinless peepers with port feeders and RentACoop water cups?

 

[tripletfeb]

Can you use pinless peepers with port feeders and RentACoop water cups?

What do those look like?

 

[EmmaDonovan]

What do those look like?

Port feeder:

RentACoop water cups:

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Port feeder:

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RentACoop water cups:

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I would be concerned of them getting caught on those. Using bugger dishes temporary for food and water while the Pinless Peepers are on is usually best.

 

[tripletfeb]

Port feeder:

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RentACoop water cups:

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Hmm, I don't think those would be good while they were wearing the peepers. Like the above poster said, I feel like the peepers would get caught. The water cups would probably be ok

 

[EmmaDonovan]

We can't use open dishes because we have a squirrel infestation. I'll return the pinless peepers.

 

[tripletfeb]

We can't use open dishes because we have a squirrel infestation. I'll return the pinless peepers.

Sorry it seems like they won't work