So we have 8 chickens. Got them all this past spring. They have now all started laying eggs.
The last of the 8 girls to start laying seems to be getting picked on...
She is a buff orpington. I have two of this breed that i got together.
But she was the last to mature and lay eggs and seems to be the low man on the totem pole.
Things i have noticed in the past week:
Someone pecked off a chunk of her comb( small but noticable)
She has laid a couple eggs out in the yard and inside the run.
And when i go out at night to lock up the coop she is left out in the run by herself and everyone else is inside the coop
She is about 7 months old.
I have seen them peck at her a little when im out. But nothing severe, and she doesnt have any missing feathers or anything... Just wondering if there is something i can do?
I have to pick her up and go set her inside the coop on the roost in the dark each night.
The last of the 8 girls to start laying seems to be getting picked on...
She is a buff orpington. I have two of this breed that i got together.
But she was the last to mature and lay eggs and seems to be the low man on the totem pole.
Things i have noticed in the past week:
Someone pecked off a chunk of her comb( small but noticable)
She has laid a couple eggs out in the yard and inside the run.
And when i go out at night to lock up the coop she is left out in the run by herself and everyone else is inside the coop
She is about 7 months old.
I have seen them peck at her a little when im out. But nothing severe, and she doesnt have any missing feathers or anything... Just wondering if there is something i can do?
I have to pick her up and go set her inside the coop on the roost in the dark each night.
She was picked on by the most dominant hen a little about 30 min before they all headed back to the coop. Her and the other buff orp were the last two to go in almost waiting till it was too dark to see. But she went in 3-4 times and then would come right back out and then finally went in and roosted. Once she was in i opened up the main door so i could watch. She was right next to our most dominant hen and she did peck at her once.. But that was it , so last night went well.
