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This is our first post, therefore hello. We are hoping that this forum can help us with a problem we are having we are 4 hens. We have had them now for nearly 2 years, they all seem happy and consistent layers. The issue we have is that 2 of them have lost a lot of feathers (one on the chest area and around tail, the other across the back leaving no feathers). We have tried a number of solutions including anti pecking sprays, purple spray and keeping the one we think is doing the pecking out of the hen house at night. We think the pecking is happening at night as we do not see it too often in the day. There setup is a henhouse, a 2mx2m enclosed run and a fenced off area of the garden. We have included a few boredom busters to help them but still we are having the issues. We could really do with some help please on what we can do. Thank you in advance.
This is our first post, therefore hello. We are hoping that this forum can help us with a problem we are having we are 4 hens. We have had them now for nearly 2 years, they all seem happy and consistent layers. The issue we have is that 2 of them have lost a lot of feathers (one on the chest area and around tail, the other across the back leaving no feathers). We have tried a number of solutions including anti pecking sprays, purple spray and keeping the one we think is doing the pecking out of the hen house at night. We think the pecking is happening at night as we do not see it too often in the day. There setup is a henhouse, a 2mx2m enclosed run and a fenced off area of the garden. We have included a few boredom busters to help them but still we are having the issues. We could really do with some help please on what we can do. Thank you in advance.