Nettex Anti-Feather Pecking Spray – 250ml

Nettex Anti-Feather Pecking Spray – 250ml

Once pecking starts in a flock it tends to spread, because the sight of a bare patch or a spot of blood draws more birds to the same spot. Nettex's spray works on both halves of that problem: a strong smell and foul taste that put birds off the pecked area, and antibacterial agents that help clean the grazed skin underneath.

It is a deterrent and a skin cleanser, not a cure for pecking. The cause is usually somewhere else — crowding, boredom, mites, a diet or a light level — and the spray buys time to find it rather than replacing that job.

Performance & Benefits

• Strong odour and foul taste discourage biting, plucking and cannibalism, in Nettex's own words.
• Contains antibacterial agents to help cleanse minor skin wounds and abrasions and support healing.
• Applied in a three to four second burst around the pecked area, so a bottle goes a long way.
• Useful for poultry and game birds where pecking has already started in the group.
• 250ml trigger bottle — the only size Nettex list for this product.

Suitable For

• Poultry and game birds showing feather pecking or cannibalism.
• Small flocks where a single bird is being singled out.
• Use alongside fixing the underlying cause — space, enrichment, mites, diet or lighting.
• Not a wound dressing for a deep or open injury; Nettex Poultry Wound Spray is the product for cleaning and colouring a wound.

How to Use

• Shake well before use.
• Spray for approximately three to four seconds around the pecked area.
• Repeat every three to five days until pecking has stopped.
• Check the bird daily, and separate it if the pecking continues despite treatment.

Specification

• 250ml bottle. Barcode 5035104044778.
• Nettex describe it as a deterrent spray containing antibacterial agents; they publish no ingredient list or percentage strength, so none is given here.
• For external use on the bird only.
• Nettex list this product in 250ml only.

Care & Caution

• Nettex state that disposable gloves must be worn when applying this spray.
• Keep it out of the bird's eyes, and away from feed and drinking water.
• Nettex publish no egg withdrawal period for this product. If that matters to you, ask them before treating birds whose eggs you eat or sell.
• External use only. Persistent pecking that does not settle is a flock management problem and worth a vet's opinion.