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4/9/12 at 3:50pm

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The bad ones are the ones that are doing the damage and their 2 months old

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4/9/12 at 3:57pm

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The bad ones are the ones that are doing the damage and their 2 months old

So how many do you have total? And how many bad ones have you pulled out of the group? If it is just a couple bad ones and the rest of the flock gets along, I'd say keep them out for at least several days then put them back with the flock one at a time. This will upset the pecking order and they'll have to work on fitting in again. Sometimes this will take care of a pecking problem, sometimes it won't. If it doesn't you can try pulling the bad ones out for a longer period of time or you may have to get rid of the ones that do the pecking if they just won't quit.

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4/9/12 at 4:03pm

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I have 8 and 3 of them are biting thank you so much I'll try that idea

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4/9/12 at 4:12pm

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Your welcome, I hope it helps. When you do put the bad ones back do it one at a time, like one every two or three days. That may help too. If you add them back as a group you'll probably be right back at square one. Good luck!