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A guy at the feed store in Fresno told me my hens looked bored, and he was right
I ran into him while buying scratch and he asked how many roosts I had. I said two for six hens, and he just shook his head and said boredom is why they were pecking each other's feathers. I added an old ladder and a hanging cabbage last week and the pecking mostly stopped, so now I want to know what else people hang up for their flocks.
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wrenwilson6d ago
Ha! That feed store guy knew what he was talking about. My flock was doing the same thing last spring, pulling feathers off each other, and I could not figure out why. Hung a head of lettuce on a string from the coop roof and they went nuts for it, took them two days to destroy it. Also tossed in a few old CDs on fishing line so they catch the light and spin, the girls love chasing those. A friend gave me a busted up mirror too and they will stand there staring at themselves forever, it is pretty funny to watch.
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