Couperman Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Our lovely ladies seem to have developed a nasty habit of feather plucking and trying to eat each other. They are all fitted with bumper bit muzzles which seem to reduce the damage but they are still managing to score some nasty hits. We now have had to patch up three different chooks due to bleeding before the full on Hennibal Lector thing ensued. Two of them are high in the pecking order too! There is no serious damage it's just worrying that if it happens whilst we are at work there could be a bloodbath. I was thinking that there might be some dietry reason for this behaviour. Has anyone heard of this? Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlickin Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 ooohh sorry no, but it sounds nasty. Sorry to hear about this problem. Hopefully someone will be along to help soon. Else try the Omlet clinic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Googled "feather pecking and dietary imbalance" and came up with ...THIS ARTICLE.... Interesting. Worth a read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
