There’s a Killer in this Chicken Coop
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Chickens are getting severely hurt in this coop. Who’s doing it…
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ Click “Show More” for resources ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
SUBSCRIBE to White House on the Hill for more! bit.ly/subtoWHOTH
FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO:
Security Camera: amzn.to/3jAjvC7
Blue Kote: amzn.to/3JGthx2
MORE FROM WHITE HOUSE ON THE HILL:
Get our 2023 Calendar: bit.ly/2023WHO...
Check out our new merch: store.whitehou...
Listen to our music playlist: bit.ly/WHOTHmusic
We answer your questions here: bit.ly/askWHOTH
Get our free newsletter: bit.ly/2EnzAEX
GET YOUR DEALS HERE:
Save 10% on seeds from MIGardener: bit.ly/migarde... Use the code: whitehouse10 at checkout)
Save 10% on tea from FarmHouse Teas: bit.ly/FHTeas (Use the code: WHOTH17 at checkout)
Save 10% off solar from Renogy: renogy.sjv.io/... (Use the code: whitehouseonthehill, excludes batteries & sale items)
All of our music comes from Epidemic Sound, use our referral link and get Epidemic Sound free for 30 days: bit.ly/epidemic...
Thanks for watching!
when my family raised chickens years ago we had the same problem. We used a product that was an anti-picking gel. Came in a white bottle and was a thick red gel. It tasted disgusting to the chickens. I don't know if they even make it now but it really helped. It also helped to heal the wounds that were already there. Best of luck. And you were so right, when a chicken gets the taste of blood they will not stop.
They make a similar thing for dogs that chew and bite. the one I used was a bitter apple spray. There’s definitely similar animal safe products. With snakes you use strong vodka
@@woofmeow5752 Yeah vodka is good when they’re latched on and think you’re food. I don’t expect vodka would be useful as a preventative measure for biting though. Not really the same situation as a chicken or a dog biting at its buddies.
No Pick is what is out there now. Its a thick purple grape smelling lotion that will stain your hands. Disgusting stuff, but it works.
They're omnivores.
Usually they start picking on each other when they are missing some vitamins and when they see blood.
I love how when you put the general in there, all the hens swarmed him like "ITS A MAN!" 😂
😂
I seen that too, had me laughing 😂
😂😂a man with six-pack abs!!!🤣🤣
The chickens were like.OMG IT'S A MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My father always threw meat into the chickens when he noticed pecking among the flock. He said it was because they needed more protein. They will peck at the weakest. I also would like to suggest some kind of "cover" they can hide under to get away from the aggressor. Even just a board on blocks. My chickens love treats like the cabbage. I give mine pumpkins in the winter but I bust it open.
I agree they need more protein. Perhaps keep worms? Good for chickens and compost, win, win!
Yup I throw mine salmon, tuna, meal worms, cooked burger or boiled eggs (shelled and chopped up)
Yes it helps. I used Whey protein last year & that worked well too.
@@light9623 m
I've raised chickens over 40 years. I had the same problem, and when you're chickens are rosting at night, a RAT will crawl on their back, and feed. I used pine tar to treat the wounds on their back, and vent. Check for RATS. Good luck, and God Bless you and your family and friends.
😢
I think thats what happened to
Just a question, won't hens hunt the rats
@@black__ship hens are very docile when night and asleep, I can very easily pet them and pick them up without barely a reaction. rats are also a lot bigger than mice.
@@surferduderocks200 also if they got problems with Rats Then there's potential for the worst break-in animal called The Mink/Weasel.
Hello, we had 14 chickens. Only 2 of our chickens were picking on the others. And also eating the feathers. We add more protein to their diet. And it did stop them from picking on the other chickens. It might help. Also you might think of separating the one that is picking on the hens. For a few days to so the picking order is changed up a little. That has help with ours.
On thing you could try to do is mix in some oyster shells in with there feed if you don’t already the reason the chickens could be eating the other chickens feathers is because there not getting enough calcium from there diet and the oyster shells should fix that you should be able to get them at your feed store hope this helps.
Never mix the oyster shell in the feed. Give it as a free choice!
Yeah, either that or not enough protein.
Feather picking can be a sign of protein deficiency. Also lack of space. They have no where to go to get away from the aggressor. I noticed as soon as you put the rooster in the orange hen(can't remember what breed you said she was) went right over and started pecking him. One of the other ones did as well but she did it more.
We had a hen that picked off the butt feathers of two of the other hens. When they started molting and we upped their protein intake she stopped.
I totally agree! For me this looks 100% like a malnutrition! Feed them a good amount of minced beef (maybe several times) and there will be peace again. Putting in a cabbage won‘t help!
@@susanneprinz1769 Maybe add some Gamebird feed to up the protein?
Maybe lack of space - but that was only for two days when we had to close the coop because of bitterly cold weather outside. Once we opened the door, they had space to wander and they kept attacking each other. The protein comment makes no sense… We have 5 flocks that all get the same food. This flock attacks other chickens but the other flocks don’t.
We had the same problem and increased the fat , protein by feeding Shortening and sunflowerseeds, peanut butter mix. Then had to keep the blue coat applied religiously. Firm believer in those isolation pens. Isolated the suspected offenders as well as the injured. Then there is freezer camp for the naughty birds.
@@whitehouseonthehill It seems unlikely protein is an issue, but different breeds grow at different rates, and have slightly different needs; you also don't know exactly how many insects each individual bird is getting, whether insect dispersal over your 'lawn' is different in one place than another, or whether those hens maybe had some exceptionally mild injury or illness or pests at some point that nevertheless took energy to overcome and now they're 'behind' and feeling the sting of 'malnutrition'. So yes, maybe these specific hens, for whatever reason, just don't have enough protein. Certainly the ones being pecked on could use some more to help regenerate. Upping their protein for a short duration of time using table scraps seems a low-cost noninvasive fairly 'easy' thing you can do among all the other things you are already doing, to see if it helps turn the situation around.
I agree with putting a roster in with your hen flock. I had this problem once, and he sorted it out as stopped the hens trying to be a boss.
Good to hear
@@whitehouseonthehillwhat is that spray you out on them?
@@mistachicken5028Blue Koat
I had this very same thing happen 2 springs ago. I had to give my birds way more room to slow down and spread out this behavior. Unfortunately, I noticed even when I moved them from a 10'x40' to an acre with about 60 more chickens, the ones who picked feather/back meat, still did it but it was way more spread out amongst the other birds. They never killed anymore birds but still got their fill of feathers. Sorry you guys
Who's the imposter. The chickens playing among us in real life. But i fell u, i am crying.
Honestly and unfortunately yes true
😮😢
Jack the Chicker
bro what is "u" and "fell"
@@DesiJugaarDIYu means you and i think he meant to say feel not fell
@@connor_khaldi yeah, I wrote it wrong
Feather picking (which often turns to cannibalism and vent pecking) is often due to a need of increased protein. An occasional added handful of meal worms /soldier fly larva, a handful of dry catfood, a small can of wet catfood/tuna or higher protein feeds (22%), will often end the problem. Also placing "Peepers" on the two suspects will prevent direct line of sight pecking and they don't hurt the birds. Good luck with the bully (probably the Welsummer) - I've had good luck with these methods in the past.
I can't belive Bamboo is already 4! Seems like just yesterday you were trying to hatch the emu eggs. Then I look at how the children (from 2, now 4) have grown since I've been watching and realize how fast time has flown - WOW!
Please tell me how that makes any sense? We have 5 flocks that all get the same food. This flock attacks other chickens but the other flocks don’t.
@@whitehouseonthehill it could be that the main culpret is only eating the "good" stuff out of the feed. So they would not be getting as much protein as she needs.
@@whitehouseonthehill each bird picks n chooses what they want out of the feed… 99% of ur flocks could b eating it all but 1% could b only eating 1 or 2 items out of the mixed feed n could result in having less protein than the rest of the birds… plz consider trying giving them an extra protein source just to see if it helps at all… Trying it won’t harm them in anyway at least then u can say Uve done that 😊 xxx
I was going to suggest meal worms and or soldier fly larve, too. Also if you remove the hens that are pecking for a while that helps too by isolating them.
@@whitehouseonthehill I adopted 7chickens a few years ago, all were missing back feathers, one was naked up to her wings! I found the culprit and put pinless peepers on her. Then put hen saddles on the rest until all their fathers were grown back. Sometimes you can take the peepers off after awhile. Unfortunately, she would just start pecking/pulling feathers again when I'd take them off, so they stayed on. Now I have another chicken that I adopted last year. She terrorizes 2 of my girls. I have three different runs attached, so they can get away from her. But tomorrow I'm going to put the peepers on her. When I got her from my coworker, he said he thought maybe she killed the other chickens they had. She hasn't killed any of mine yet, but I think she is ramping up to it. So, on with the peepers...
I noticed as soon as you put the rooster in there the hens were pecking at him.
I put a smaller space for new chickens until they get used to the newcomer. Also. I only move mine at night. It works wonderfully!
Happy Birthday Bamboo can't believe it's been 4 years! 💙
Me either...didn't they have special socks on him, in the house, so he could move easily on the hard wood floors? He was sooo little!
I just love how gentle you have taught the children to be and also how they work so hard at seeing those great big names of the chickens because I know I didn’t learn any big names like that when I was a kid. Also, watching them not be afraid of that beautiful rooster was so precious. I actually took a snapshot of that rooster because I thought I would do a watercolor painting of it and I was thinking how beautiful he was and then your son said “he is soft and roosters have feathers to, and he is pretty.” then, watching your daughter pet, the same rooster and not be afraid it was cool, but then also, watching her walk around, saying “ chickie, chickie,”as she walks slowly around trying to find one to pet, and then it was “my chickie”, when they all rushed past her going the opposite direction. She has really been growing up fast. Suddenly it seems.😊
I had never heard of hanging a head of lettuce or even cabbage for the chickens to keep them entertained in the winter time, but I thought it was a great idea. I loved again how patient you were to let Eli? Help drill the hole and prepare to tie it up in the chicken coop . You guys are really good parents!
I don’t like the side of blood, so it was really hard for me to watch the portion of the injured chickens but I like it that you did your investigation and again you did it with your son, and he knew as much as any adult would, and even explain this chicken had blood on its beak… quite the little detective. I think you guys have some of the most beautiful chickens I’ve ever seen.❣️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I'd love to see your drawing if you did one of colonel leg bar.... I drew my rooster corino
I love how the rooster starts taking charge right away lol
I have never seen a more compassionate chicken owner than this family here!
I bet these are best eggs and meat in town. Treat your animals morally!❤️.
We appreciate it, Arthur ❤️
Did the math: Happy 21st birthday 🎂 Bamboo 🍺 🍻
Exactly right on that… about 1 year to every 7 human years. But what does an emu drink for fun? I miss your face, Tracy.
@@whitehouseonthehill I would say fermented Alfalfa Juice.
I'll send you a picture of me in the mail for you to hang up on the wall 😆 🤣 😂
Cabbage ball and diy winter dust baths helped mine with boredom issues. Hope everyone gets better fast!! Our americauna's lay olive eggs and one auricana lays olive and one lays blue/green!!
The General is one of my favorites I think. He really does walk like he's in the military lol
With quail, if they are fighting you add bits of paper and cardboard, or even better plants and bushes. It acts as a shield so they can hide if they need to do so. Maybe add similar things if this happens again.
Smart
I think they’re portable tho so that wouldn’t work, unless you moved the plants every time you move the chicken tractor but that’s a lot of extra work 🤷🏽♂️
My quail really like the millet they use for parrots
@@biginfluencer5252 cardboard and paper
@@birdcult i used to feed mine the leftover seed my parrots didn't eat, they loved scratching through itm
Isaiah and Isabella are growing so fast 😭😭😭 It feels like they both just came home and now they both can walk and talk. Eli and Uriah are getting so tall. I can't believe it's been 4 years already
Man, farming and animal husbandry are really hard (as I've learned from watching your channel)! I give you guys a lot of credit for committing to it, there's a huge unexpected nature to it all that I don't know if I could handle.
Also, it's so fun to see your youngest two growing, especially Bella starting to talk!
Bella and her big brother are getting SO big!!!! Her little voice is so precious ❤❤❤❤
I’ve watched the images you shared with us, I think al your chickens are involved in the pecking, what I think happened is that one chicken somehow learned to peck on another chicken made her bleed and found blood yummy, the other chickens tasted it too and started to show that same behavior until they all peck at the same time on the only chicken that is currently bleeding what causes so much damage to that last one. Conclusion all the ladies there, are killers. And what really confirms that is the fact that they al showed this specific behavior of picking the back of the other hens.
Yep, exactly
Great to see your girl walking and talking. The youngest boy is growing like a weed. Gee your children are all becoming more developed. Childhood is so short. It's so nice to see the children healthy and active.
4 years? I have been following so much longer than that so I remember your decision to get emu eggs. Wow, 4 years ago and Isabella wasn't even thought about. I was happy for your third boy. Now look at at him. He plays with Bamboo easily (yes with supervision). So much happened in that 4 years.
Each of the older two boys appear to be helpful. The animals respond well with them. All your children are getting valuable lessons. TY for bringing us along on this journey too.
My hope is your solutions work for your chickens.
Thank you 😊
I can't believe how big Isabella is- it seems like just yesterday you guys were bringing her home from the hospital. How time flys! You guys honestly inspire me and make my day every time you guys post.
When you were showing off the hens you were showing the cream legbar first and if you look at her wings it almost looks like a rat was biting on her wing
So true! It’s cut almost in a straight line. Would be strange for the other girls to pull out the flight feathers like that.
@@pipparaindance573 yeah but I don’t think they do that and even if they did it most of the time doesn’t look like that as a person who has experience in clipping wings it doesn’t look like that I had a rat problem about 2 years ago and they were biting the wings of my birds and that’s what it looked like.
@@pipparaindance573 True, but they’ve never mentioned doing that to their chickens and this flock is currently kept indoors
Oh my gosh! Where has time gone!! Your children are growing so fast!! Absolutely beautiful family. I love watching your videos. Thank you
Hope everyone is doing well in this cold snap it was -8f at 6am with a -18 wind chill today. The general seems to be a good fit for your young girls and very calm.
I love this channel because it is family friendly, no bad words, finds how to solve problems, and is very patient. I wish I could send mail but I can’t really
Your baby girl is just adorable and your son is very sweet and helpful. Great job dad.
Thank you so much!
Glancing over the comments I see a lot of good suggestions- add protein, blue spray, peepers etc. I'd like to add one other possibility- rats will chew feathers off chickens in winter and spring as well for nests. Not very likely due to the way your hen looks, but thought it was worth mentioning.
We had a very similar problem we solved it by giving them more food and expanding the space they had and putting the food around the place so it was scattered instead of all In one spot.
One thing you can try, are these vest aprons that go on their back and go around their wings it helped our chickens heal without getting picked on or being needed to be removed
My daughter had those on a couple of her hens once.
@@kimberlyearly8918 did they help?
@@Not_me561 I think so. I don't really remember.
My chickens hate lettuce. They go nuts over cabbage.
It’s interesting, I had a feather eater. She was one of my older hens and she stopped on her own but we had to spray the other chickens with anti-pecking stuff.
Oh… I just saw the wyondotte and honestly it broke my heart. I had a wyondotte, best chicken I’ve ever had. But she got sick neurologically and couldn’t stand so we made the hard choice to let go of her :’(
Thanks for the suggestion
Omg...we just had to deal with the same issue. One of my original favorite hens starting dropping weight then I found sores on her back. Thinking it was the turkey's I separated the chickens & turkeys, but then one day I walked into our coop finding her fighting & defending herself from the one of the 2 roosters. The youngest one. I grabbed him instantly - taking him out of the coop & he is now dinner..Needless to say, with him gone, & only one rooster to 14 hens, she is healing up nicely & once again all the girls are laying tons of eggs. The one rooster we have left "King George" is great. Does his job but isn't violent & doesn't hurt the ladies...I was shocked at how violent the other rooster was...though he'll never get the chance to do that again. Good luck.
My goodness she's getting big it seems like just yesterday you had her all the boys are growing up so fast I've been with you from the beginning and my goodness it's great to see you progress
One thing that works for my flock in the winter is adding a big seed block they can peck on, $15 at Supply of Tractors.
Good evening, everyone on the fabulous White House On The Hill!!
Everyone of those children of yalls are absolutely precious and sooo sweet....
The General 🐓is a strong name, and I think it fits him perfectly, and his walk is amazing😂😅..I'm so sorry for the loss of the chickens. Prayers that The General and the cabbage works....
Happy 4th Birthday Bamboo and many more!!
Thank you, Becky!
Always welcome 🙏 🙏
In my experience it is always stress from preditors or mites or bugs. I've delt with this many times. Sometimes you don't even see a hawk watching them or raccoons at night. You can hobble the bullies so they can still do their thing but can't run. That way the victims can run away. That is definitely from other chicken not a preditor. Comes from them submitting and the bully pecking instead of moving on. It is always the lower back and neck areas. I would highly recommend hobbling the culprits. Large pipe cleaners work well for this. Please don't hesitate to kill a bully chicken. They stress the entire flock out and will always be a problem. Sometimes if you isolate the bully so she cannot even see the flock for 3 or 4 weeks and then reintroduce them, they will stop but usually not. They need to be absolutely alone though for any chance of it working. It is like a personality reset button. They have to be out and away long enough to forget their social status and bonds completely
It's the red one. Eat it.
@White House on the Hill, have you considered adding a run to each of your coop houses? Give them a back door so you can open it on nice days and they have an open area to run in during the day. Close the back door at night.
I guess I've always believed some wise tale about once cannibalism starts in the flock they pretty much self destruct and there's not a whole lot you can do about it (I seen some comments about something you can apply that's real bitter tasting and they won't do it), it becomes like a poison and transferring one chicken to a new flock may bring that trait over there and you're gonna start at square one with another problem like a seed.
I try not to keep different breeds in the same area! Doesn’t always help, but I’ve had pretty good luck with it!
It’s not easy keeping mixed breeds with Salmon Favorelle or Cochin’s because they’re so docile and sweet.
I was raised on a massive ranch with a large amount of every animal including chickens..
We never really had that problem.. but we always had a permanent enclosure with a big tree just outside for shade.. heat lamps in winter.. places for everyone to roost ect ect..
When the grass was growing we just mowed and dumped huge amounts of grass into a pile in one corner for them about once a week. They still had fresh grass and bugs.. the coop and enclosure area were quite large.
I’m just saying they weren’t bored and we never had that issue.. I was just a kid and I don’t know all there is to know about chickens..
But you could possibly try to do something more permanent for some and see how it goes.. you don’t have to move them.. just fill in some holes from time to time and put grass clippings in.
I just love how you get all your children involved and your daughter I see that she's starting to talk you guys are good conservationist and I love how you talk to people and talk to us and let us know what's going on with your flock good job I love your channel 🐓🐔🐔🐓🐔🐓🐓
Thank you, Vernon!
My sister and I had a pet rooster when we were 4&5. Rory liked my older sis, Rene, and loved sitting on the handle bars of her tricycle while she tooled around. Well he pecked her eyelid and Rory 'disappeared'... Rene, now 69 still proudly points out the scar Rory 'gifted' her with. (No damage to Renes eye)
No chickens by eyes hahaha never trusted a chicken enough to put ny face in it
I feel so bad for the chickens who go hurt/died…
Scientists says the closest relatives to the Tyrannosaurus rex are the chickens. Surprise, surprise.
Could Bella be any more precious?!?!?!
🥰
I’ve only had this happen once and it was with a batch of chicks. The Polish had gotten pecked badly, I removed her and treated her, luckily she survived. I took that as a sign that they were bored and ready to move outside, didn’t have another issue! Thankfully!
lt is so much watching your Kids growing up for this old man......Thanks y'all 🌬🌠✝ 👍
I had one hen doing that as well, they had plenty of space, nutrition and whatever, but she was 1. really dominant and 2. had a heart problem, which I only found out after her death. She likely was in pain or didn't feel too well, so she had to make sure the others wouldn't question her leader position in the flock...
Awe look at baby girl walking and talking ❤
I appreciate you for caring so much for your animals, I will get me those cameras for my chickens, never had a problem, but just in case, than I am prepared thank you so very much 🙏❤️
I have the same problem. I took the monster out, placed her in my greenhouse for a week, put her back with the others, apparently they lose their pecking order, it did indeed work, but now I’ve got another, so, gotta figure who she is, tag her and do the same. The problem I have with cams in the barn was having to go back on the entire day to find the culprit ugh that was tedious. Good luck to ya!
I LOVE "The General". He's really unique and so cute with his military walk!!!
I love The General ❤️❤️❤️
I had this issue. What helped was throwing scratch grains out that they could scratch and forage for. Chickens need that scratching and pecking activity. Or start letting them out for a few hours a day to scratch around outdoors.
Omg! The children have grown so fast I have missed watching you folks. Just been so busy with life lately. God bless and I hope the General helps🌺
Thank you, Judy!
We are dealing with that now. Break out the No Pick and the BluKote and hang some cabbage in there. Hopefully that will help.
👍🏻
Happy Birthday to Bamboo. I can't believe I have been watching you guys for more than 4 years.
I had this very same thing happen with our chickens. Usually it is because of the space where they live. Like too much chickens in a coop then the space is small. They usually do this because they drink the blood bec. They are “thirsty”.. also the one whose doing it is the 1st hen did mature/layed an egg that’s why she feels she is the top of in their coop.
Bamboo turns 4 which means I've been watching you guys for like 6 years!!!
Murder mystery but with chickens instead of actors never thought I’d see the day
Hope you and the family are doing well, I can't wait for it to get warm out!
Me too!
They need more room. I have a 10x10 coop for laying eggs and resting at night. I also have a 50x80 run that I built in the pine trees. I have 33 chickens and they are happy. I could easily have double that amount. The two roosters keeps the hens happy too.
I hang lettuce, cauliflower, squash and broccoli from the branches. I hide scratch mix, fruit and veggies around the run too. I also give them Tuna, deer, beef, pork and salmon.
I have a pallet compost pile that is covered that they scratch in too.
Go to your local grocery store and get all the fruit and veggies scraps for free fodder.
Could they potentially have mites/lice and are pecking at themselves as well as each other. Bad enough cases can occasionally lead to cannibalism of themselves/one another. Stress can also cause this type of behavior or as well as boredom, changes within the flock, etc.
Crowded and understimulated hens can start to pick feathers from their friends! Also they are reacting to blood so they will try to eat that too. Eating feathers can be a sign of protein deficit. Coating a wound in bluespray can help with the picking on the wounds. Give them more space, more protein and spray bluespray on wounds to "hide" them.
The picking ones would go to the pan here 🤷🏻♀️ The only way to stop it before it spreads
True
I never had so much anticipation for a murder mystery.
Just a idea but I have watched quite a few homesteaders that seem to be having a similar issue some have found mites are the cause others just being board, hope you have fixed the issue good luck guys I love watching all of you
Xx
Have you tried BITS? Small clips that fit between the beak and into the nostrils. Doesn't hurt them just stops feather stripping as they can't close their beaks completely, they can eat and drink fine. Used to raise game birds and this is what we used. The bits come in different sizes and there is a specific tool to apply them. You MUST remove them when you release the birds.
Use them on the whole group/flock, not individual birds, stops anyone having bad habits.
I just relized that ive been watching your chanel for 5 years now. Time flies..
I love you guys ❤️❤️
Happy birthday Bamboo!🎉
Thanks for watching!
We have 13 adult chickens. One is separated because they nearly killed her, her head was ripped open, they got past the bone, I have no idea how she survived, Whenever we try to reintroduce her to the flock the hens attack her, she’s a Brahma and we are considering making a Brahma flock so she doesn’t feel lonely. I hope this doesn’t reoccur and I’m sorry for the chickens you lost, she has a permanent bald spot, so maybe naked necks, with her? We recently lost an other Brahma to a leg injury that never healed, it got so bad to where it wouldn’t heal, we tried splints, and nothing worked, she than stopped eating so we had to put her down.
Good job.🙏💕🥰🐓🦆👏💯💕💪💕👍💕😍☺️😊Children are growing up so quickly and wonderfully ❤😊❤😊
That was an eye opener. Who would have thought! Great investigating.
Bella's so precious ❤️
When they're weak, you know they are dying. Try soaking them in a Epson salt bath for 15-20 minutes. Then dry hee with a lamp or hair dryer. It's always worked 90% of the time....depending on the injury of course.
Happy Birthday Bamboo🥳🥳🥳🥳
its a tricky one..... the rooster in the flock will help (provided its a hen that's doing it) and the lettuce thingy, it is however a tricky one, when chickens go cannibal sometimes you will have to replace quite a few in your flock... now here is a weird one for you... its winter food stocks low....... mice will do this when they roosting at night......
Dang that's 😥 sad... And really frustrating trying to figure out who's the culprit! Good luck~the cabbage makes sence! 👍🤗❤
Suspected chickens: "Drumming Shaggy's songs, wasn't me."
😂
Love your channel guys
I used to listen to you guys while sleeping,as it calmed me a lot.
Beautiful family,incredible animals,the life I’d love to have.
Great job guys!
If you will put them a big tub or something to add sand ash and dirt so the chickens would have a way to do a dirt bath it would make them happy to feel clean and also make sure that there is enough clean roosting poles for all. Clean the floor and add some different stuff on the floor. Chickens are often bored in the winter and are easy to get pecky when they feel unclean. Put some bedding on the floor to give them something to peck in and change the floor from the empty boring dirt.
We have exactly that in their coop. You might see it in the background of some of the shots.
I had 24 hens, all from McMurry hatchery. They were about a month old when one started to get it's tail feathers pecked off. I had to separate it from the rest, and it healed up just fine to join the others later. There is an expression "Hen Pecked" but it's a thing. Hope you have good luck finding a solution! Aloha!
We had a simular problem with our chickens last year. That problem came out to be a lack of animal protein. It was during summer, when they were laying eggs. One of the chickens pecked out other chickens' feathers and ate them. The other chickens' feather contain animal protein. Since then we started feeding them some more grain and dried mealworms, because those
foods contain a lot of protein. It did help at the end. But in your case it is winter and the chickens hardly lay eggs. So they shouldn't be using so much proteins, to produce their eggs. I hope you find this usefull and the problem will stop soon. Thanks for the awesome videos everytime!
This is the coolest youtube channel ever. I love your farm, and you all do a great job running it..
They are in stress, give them complete nutritious food, the area is not much, provide some leafy vegetables, Or put eye blinders on them.
I once had a coworker who told me I was the 'Company Chicken' . I said "How so?". He said "No one likes you and that's why you get picked on and bullied and get stuck doing other people's work."
He said in every farm yard there is ONE chicken ALL THE OTHERS PECK TO DEATH.
Hence the definition of the phrase 'Pecking Order' . So tell me... is this true ?
Workers at the farm supply store told me to keep bantams only with other bantam because of the size difference. That is for their safety.
Please replace the two inch roost bar for 4 inch roost bar so when they do roost they cover there feet better
Process those mean aggressors, especially when you have a rooster in there now. You don’t want the mean ones to pass that gene down.
We also had a hen who started to peck the other hens. We separated her and named her "Atilla the Hen" she was very agressive and eventually ended up in the freezer.
The Legbar looks like it is walking with flippers on his feet LOL :)
Usually, it's several hens pecking upon one hen. It could be they need more food if they are fighting over food. Sometimes it is the pecking order being established. I had an 8 week chick that was pecked that badly. She bled badly. I separated the smaller birds from the larger hens and, this pecking stopped.
Forget drilling a hole in the cabbage. Throw it on the ground with other food scraps. Your pen is far too small. Keep crushed oyster shells on the ground. Give them a mix of grain
feeds.
I would check for mites too. Sometimes if a bird has mites they will pick themselves a bit and then the others see that they are injured and have a field day. Chickens can be ruthless.