For more than forty days, chicks like to go back and comb their feathers, what s going on?

Because the chicks have parasites on their bodies.

It's pecking at bugs.

1. Feedlot hens will live in cramped cages throughout their lives, producing as many eggs as possible until they can no longer give birth. Due to the harsh environment and the fact that they have to give birth non-stop, these hens will peck their feathers on their own under great stress.

2. Chickens have parasites on the surface of the body, mainly chicken lice and mites. Mites are under the **, which can cause inflammation and itching.

3. High feeding density. Therefore, when keeping chickens in captivity, do not breed too densely, resulting in limited freedom of movement.

4. Feed and water are insufficient, and feed nutrition is unbalanced. Nutritional factors, the diet is not fully nutritious, such as low protein content, amino acid imbalance, especially sulfur-containing amino acid deficiency, crude fiber content is too low; Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, insufficient salt, high corn content, too few troughs and sinks, and competition for food and water are all factors that cause pecking.

1. Comb feathers, chicks also love to be clean. Second, the lack of vitamins, manifested by eating feathers, this should improve the diet of the chicks in time, otherwise it will be troublesome to form a habit. Third, there will be a small insect on the chicken, which will bite it, make a sand box for it, and let it bathe itself.

Because there is a substance on the chick called "pink feathers", which is a specialized feather that all birds have. Pink feathers are used to keep birds tidy, but when the number of pink feathers increases, the chicks need to clean them up, which is what we commonly call "grooming the feathers".

Note that pink feathers are not dirty, and manual cleaning can be harmful to chicks.

If a chicken pecks its own feathers, it is usually grooming the feathers or doing body cleaning.

Chickens pecking at each other's feathers are generally caused by the following reasons:

1. The breeding density is too large;

2. Insufficient feed;

3. Captivity, and the indoor light is too bright.

Haha, it's so funny on the first floor, haha! Ha ha! The hair is long, so you have to shake it off.

Causes of feather pecking:

1. Feed nutrition: When the feathers are pecked due to the lack of sulfur-containing amino acids, the birds will eat the feathers that are pecked. Because birds are more active than usual when they are malnourished, the number of feathers pecked increases.

2. The reason for feeding management: afraid of moisture, chickens should grow in a dry and ventilated environment, if the environment is humid, some pathogenic bacteria and molds are easy to grow and reproduce, if the chicken house is damp, chicken manure will ferment to produce toxic gas, so that chickens are easy to peck feathers.

3. Disease: chronic intestinal diseases, resulting in malabsorption of nutrients and pecking feathers, the chicken coop is strictly forbidden for outsiders to enter and exit, the environment and cages should be disinfected, and all kinds of chickens should be regularly injected with various preventive injections.

4. Physiological feather pecking: From the birth of the chick to the maturity of the feathers, there will be many feathers, some chickens will peck at the feathers that fall, and may develop into pecking feathers in the future.

Chicken disease prevention: 1. Sufficient nutrition, according to the age, breed, type, weight, use, etc. of the chicken to feed the full price of mixed feed, to meet their needs for various nutrients.

2. Feed carefully, do not feed mildew, rancid and rotten materials, do not drink dirty, unclean and toxic water, and close the "disease from the mouth".

3. Create an environment, strive to maintain a relatively stable living environment for chickens, and require air circulation in the house, reasonable density, and appropriate temperature and humidity. Frequent cleaning and scrubbing to remove waste and control pollution. All staff strictly abide by the established various feeding management systems.

Outsiders are not allowed to visit to avoid bringing bacteria into the museum.

This is because when the feed fed to chickens lacks calcium and salt, coupled with the high temperature of the chicken nest and poor ventilation, the chickens often peck at their feathers.

It's scratching, I've asked my family