Help- My Girls Are Aggressive!

duluthralphie said:

I have noticed that also. The bottom of the pecking order here had blood on her back from pecking. We put her in the hospital for a week or so. The other birds would visit her, but when it was time to be released the bottom birds were relentless  on her. She is a smaller timid white EE, and spend most her day running from the others. She is even afraid to enter the coop at night. I have to wait till she roosts somewhere and carry her into the coop, and place her on a high deserted roost area.


My birds have 100's of acres to use, and still this one is picked on. The sad part is I like her and I think I will keep her for my flock. When the rest are departing she and 12 others will get to stay.

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It was recommended to me to remove the one who does the most bullying for up to 2 weeks thus changing the flock dynamics and the bullying should be drastically reduced but if it's not, then consider culling the bully.

islandgirl82 said:

It was recommended to me to remove the one who does the most bullying for up to 2 weeks thus changing the flock dynamics and the bullying should be drastically reduced but if it's not, then consider culling the bully.

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Yep, it was, the problem I had was not just one bully. I have about a dozen that give her the run around. BUT she will prevail in the end when those others go to freezer camp in about a month.


BW she is doing good now, but still very timid. I think she has found if she sticks next to King Brutus the others leave her alone. Brutus does not even pay attention to her because she is too lowly for him. Brutus does not allow any disturbances around him. This evening a couple of roosters wanted to eat from Brutus's pile of seeds, Brutus would just give them a glance and they would runaway. Brutus isa benevolent Tyrant.


BTW your advice was good, if I have a chicken that really starts to bully badly, I will send them to chicken jail.

duluthralphie said:

I have noticed that also. The bottom of the pecking order here had blood on her back from pecking. We put her in the hospital for a week or so. The other birds would visit her, but when it was time to be released the bottom birds were relentless on her. She is a smaller timid white EE, and spend most her day running from the others. She is even afraid to enter the coop at night. I have to wait till she roosts somewhere and carry her into the coop, and place her on a high deserted roost area.


My birds have 100's of acres to use, and still this one is picked on. The sad part is I like her and I think I will keep her for my flock. When the rest are departing she and 12 others will get to stay.

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Aww, poor little EE! My new girl is an EE as well. She seems pretty content to hang out on her own, though.

More progress, she's still getting picked on and left out but I put her in the coop with the other girls last night to sleep at dusk and they didn't bother her at all. Progress!

I should report that she is now fully integrated in the flock. We had to keep putting her in the coop at night until one night we noticed she was already in there. We opened the door and they were all huddled together on top of her. She was smiling away! So funny!

I feel so relieved. Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone, they worked!

austintxchick said:

I should report that she is now fully integrated in the flock. We had to keep putting her in the coop at night until one night we noticed she was already in there. We opened the door and they were all huddled together on top of her. She was smiling away! So funny!

I feel so relieved. Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone, they worked!

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That's great news!

Oh, I should have mentioned that too, My little EE is back in the flock in good standing....

Great news!

duluthralphie said:

Oh, I should have mentioned that too, My little EE is back in the flock in good standing....

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Yay!