Chickens being pecked

mrbadexample

jch1801 wrote: »

Mrbadexample, thank you for trying to help, however as a vegetarian what you are suggesting is not an option and hopefull the spray will work.

Sorry.

Hopefully the spray will work. I had no idea such stuff existed. Good luck!

jch1801

Mrbadexample - no problem! My Mum has suggested the same thing! Hopefully the spray will work!

Money_maker

There are also little rubber rings which go over the beak to stop them opening wide enough to peck another. It sounds cruel but is just restrictive rather than painful. MIL has used them but I haven't even though I have a little bit of feather pulling/eating myself. It doesn't sound as serious as yours, though.

Andreg

I know someone who had a really bad chicken pecking situation. Blood everywhere. She ended up sitting with the chickens for a couple of hours - every time the pecker started on the victim it got a (gentle) tap on the beak with a stick. Worked a treat and now the hens are getting on fine.