pebojuno
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I'm getting a quartet of new polands- they look really nice birds but the cockerel has been a bit over amorous and the girls look like they've been scalped :shock:
I'll eventually have to find a home for the boy as he is frizzled and so are all my girls so I can't breed with him. Is there anything I can do to encourage the crest feathers of the hens to re grow? Once they have been quarantined they will be wandering around the garden with the others so they shouldn't be bored (I'm worried that they may have started a feather pecking habit) and will have plenty of space to get away from the boy when they want to. I read somewhere that extra protein - like cat food may help but has anyone got anything else I could do?
I'll eventually have to find a home for the boy as he is frizzled and so are all my girls so I can't breed with him. Is there anything I can do to encourage the crest feathers of the hens to re grow? Once they have been quarantined they will be wandering around the garden with the others so they shouldn't be bored (I'm worried that they may have started a feather pecking habit) and will have plenty of space to get away from the boy when they want to. I read somewhere that extra protein - like cat food may help but has anyone got anything else I could do?