Hen vent pecking problem

Im having a horrid week with my hens,it came to my attention when i found a blood stained egg,i thought a hen had prolapse ,i bathed her behind,sudocremed& purple sprayed ect and put her in sick bay coop..bless she still laid an egg
Then i received another blood stained egg,well i knew it wasnt her as she was in sick bay,so half an hr skating around in mud trying to catch and check them all i find another bloody butt ..so 2 with prolapse(cleaned up and sick bay with the other) 2 days of gooling brain ache!
Well then i got another red egg
So after gooling so more and watching the coop its definately a hen thats vent pecking the others....How to solve it i have no idea
Ive removed the poorly ones to recover but i know another hen is going to be the next victim,do i cull the hen i think is doing it? could it be too late as other hens have picked up on this behaviour? would removing the hen solve the problem?is it down to the weather and lack of greens?
Ive up their protein just in case(asda got tuna on sale )
Ive been digging worms and turning the ground over to keep them busier
I feel defeated and im sure i will have deaths on my hands soon
Thanks for listening x

 

Awww joolz that's nasty...have you got any Violet spray....i'll send you some if you haven't

 

Thanks loli,yeah purple spray i call it im the only woman in derbyshire i think with purple chickens,ive been using it to deter feather pecking whilst some have been moulting aswell...but obviously didnt work,just redirected to other parts of them
I wish i had the answer but it seems like there is none on the internet or with commercial hens,il prob just have to keep juggling them around so they are concentrating on pecking orders and not each other x

 

The problem is once they've seen blood they can get quite nutty and not give up attacking....here's one to try...i've heard feeding cat food for a while might work....i've never tried it myself but it's worth a go

 

There a strange breed arnt they..love meat Minature Trex!!
I will add some cat meat aswell thanks,they should be getting enough protein with their diet already and the one i think is pecking does not have a feather missing,shes only 40 week old!
I think because the ground is wet they cant scratch as much so boredom as set in,ive been spreading easibed(chopped straw) around for them but the rain is beating me i cant find another reason,theyve all been happy last yr until now
Hows are your lot doing loli? x
I picked my hen i named loli to check her vent for wounds and she is a reet heavy compared to the others!and shes still boss still ive never seen her lay an egg x

 

You're not kidding Joolz....
I keep flinging sunflower seeds and allsorts down in their run to keep them occupied to save my lawn with it being so soggy
Mine seem happy enough but only one is laying....three days it takes me to get a decent sponge cake....i'm putting it down to the time of year and we have foxes here every night that could be unsettleing them too but come Spring i'm expecting great things from them

Just mention Mr Cameron...it works for me works for me....

 

Please don't think I rude but if you know where the fox,s are coming through your hedge or fence get some male urine and spread it where they come trough. They hate the smell of male's ,this tip was passed on to me by a game keeper who had found some one who had set snare,s for them in a hedge bottom. All though he was a keen fox hunter he could not bare to see then killed like this.

 

I make darran do the spraying of the pee sometimes x
So keep your trollys up loli @Lolimac x

 

We stopped feeding our chickens meat when they were really agressive with each other. Seems to have worked as they all have a full set of feathers now

 

I had a vent-pecker - well, I say that, Coco just seemed particularly prone to nibbling Tracey Beaker's vent! (They came to me as a pair) Once TB went to the Big Coop in the sky, Coco was put with my other girls and never "vented" her angst again. (Actually, she died of natural causes last week).

That is my only experience of a vent-pecker - and yes, I did the purple spray and another, brown stinky, vomit inducing gloop as well! Coco was oblivious to the merits of them all.

@fileyboy Unfortunately, the male urine isn't infallible - my ducks were all taken by Mr Fox a couple or three weeks ago .. and I made a religion out of putting some urine in the compost bin (as an accelerator) which should have doubled as Eau-De-Foxy-Repellent. And I have a large canine who regularly "waters" around the perimeter.

@joolz68 , how are things now?

 

Hi M.Re reading my post on fox's and urine,sorry I should have said fresh male urine. Maybe this is why yours did not work as it would have been diluted in the compost,But as you say in a compost heap it is good to get the compost going .I have also heard this advice from a farmer who hated fox's but could not bare to see them die in a snare and he did this trick but stated fresh urine.

 

So sorry to hear that M,youve had a terrible time,so many loses xx
Mine stopped vent pecking but are still plucking the backs of about 4,they seem ok,i keep spraying still.
No idea how lilac lived her inside were hanging out!
Hope your ok xx