How to STOP Feather Pecking in Chickens

How to STOP Feather Pecking in Chickens - Ask Phill 33

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How to Stop Feather Pecking in Chickens.
Are your chickens looking a bit bare in the feather department? Have you spotted them pecking at each other (or even at themselves) and aren't quite sure why?
Today's 'Ask Phill' will reveal the main reasons why your chickens are feather pecking, as well as what you can do to stop them.
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00:49 What is considered normal feather loss in chickens?
01:52 What are the causes of feather pecking in chickens?
04:21 How to stop feather pecking
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@josephcaezza4146 8 ай бұрын

Easily the most comprehensive account of this issue I have yet seen...well done...

@flytesofancy 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Joseph! 😃

@lauratittensor2691 Жыл бұрын

I don’t give my hens treats, they are too busy helping themselves to fruit from garden

@flytesofancy Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh, self sourced treats 🤣

@pattymiller8447 Жыл бұрын

So glad to get you back. I don’t know why but have not been getting your videos. I missed you. 😂

@flytesofancy Жыл бұрын

Glad to be back! Hope you enjoy the video Patty 😃

@runjettyrun3819 Жыл бұрын

love your videos - thank you - so helpful and much appreciated

@flytesofancy Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Enjoy 😃

@purplethumb7887 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Excellent presentation. Subbed.

@flytesofancy 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video 😄

@elegantsufficiency2866 10 ай бұрын

This is all brilliantly helpful, thank you.

@flytesofancy 10 ай бұрын

Anytime! 😄

@josephcaezza4146 8 ай бұрын

Genius INSIGHT... thanks...

@ruthjanes3551 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Phil., very helpful. I might try adding more protein to my chickens diet, and help with the feather pecking.

@flytesofancy Жыл бұрын

No problem at all Ruth, fingers crossed their lovely new feathers start growing soon!

@carmalitayanock9584 7 ай бұрын

I have a recovering naked lady in my flock of 4. We have her isolated to heal. I would love to isolate the bulluy but my ladies all look identical an we can't figure out which one bullies. They are also not very people trusting so we have to chase them down to catch any of them. We have started them all on a higher protein diet and stopped giving kitchen scraps. I'm hopeful for a full recovery and that the new diet pacifies the billy too. Thank you for your videos. I do enjoy them very much.

@maristermcsorley4203 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Phil I got couple that they look bare and little bit red in their tummy is this to do that they have been broody?😊

@jacquiesnick1501 7 ай бұрын

Great video and information, Does removing them to another enclosure work as well? Then bringing them back in the coop at night to roost. After their jail time. I have a small flock but not the room to keep them in coop at night locked up.

@phillipweymouth430 7 ай бұрын

If you can keep them separated at night it really helps, she could perhaps go in a large ventilated cardboard box overnight.

@makerehaami1470 2 ай бұрын

Can we bath chickens and what do we use.

@jacquelinemoloney3530 3 ай бұрын

Thank you this might be trial and error considering i purchased my flock from a pasture fed farm and they had no feathers to start with, all have grown feathers back on their backs but their tails only just started growing back but not all chickens at one time.

@flytesofancy 2 ай бұрын

It's not unheard of for birds to take over a year to even begin regrowing their plumage, never mind full coverage - especially in rehomed battery hens for example.

@nashwaran473 Ай бұрын

Hi Phil I asked you solutions before could not find your reply Our chickens some how developed this habit and they could not stop it now even though we increased size of run, used sprays, increased protein treats none of them worked .out of 10 member flocks we have a cockerel, and only four hens being pecked and bold. One of them is offender other three are sufferers. Main time and situation of the offence taken place when they have dust bath. Other times they rarely feather peck.please advise Thanks

@phillipweymouth430 Ай бұрын

I am afraid that you will have to separate the offending culprit for at least a week so he moves down the pecking order. You may have to repeat this treatment several times.

@nashwaran473 Ай бұрын

@phillipweymouth430 Thanks, sadly pecking , order is not seems to be the issues because the offenders are low down in pecking order they even peck the rooster

@RedDead-rl9nf 2 ай бұрын

I have a single hen and single rooster and I believe he's over breeding her and making her back go bald, should I use a spray or a pair of blinders for him?

@flytesofancy 2 ай бұрын

If she's going bald from your rooster mounting her repeatedly (a common problem especially in the spring!) then yes a gentian violet spray would help keep the sore skin clean of any bacteria, then you could put a Poultry Saddle on your hen to protect her from the roosters claws/beak cockerel during mating, preventing wounds whilst allowing for new feather growth underneath :)

@stacyhazelwood4033 6 ай бұрын

My cockerel is the one being bullied. The hens peck his rear end till he has no tail feathers. I have tried the sprays. We have taken him out of the flock and put him in a cage by himself. We feed them a feed that is 15% protein.

@flytesofancy 6 ай бұрын

Is the cockerel smaller or a different breed to the rest of the birds? Are they just pulling the feathers or have you noticed them eating them? And is it all of the girls, or have you noticed one perhaps being more aggressive than any other?

@stacyhazelwood4033 6 ай бұрын

@@flytesofancy They are all the same breed (Wellsummer). All the hens look alike. I am trying to mark them so I can tell them apart. I marked 2 of them last week that were doing it. When I put him back with them a few days ago, it was a different hen doing it. I have not noticed if they are eating them, or just plucking them. I think that he may be pecking at his own tail feathers too.