UPDATE: After observing Chloe (BR) drinking water peacefully with Ruby (RIR) without pecking her at all, I think it's safe to say that my chicks are going to be fine. Thank you all so much for your feedback. I found it very helpful.
Yeah, I've been monitoring them. My theory is not that the rock is cannibalistic, just that she's top of the pecking order. Because she's settled down now and they seem better. Thank you much for your support :)
The only reason my mom and and I bought her was because we looked on here and saw that the barred rocks didn't have negative traits. I will probably have to re-home her, as we do not have enough space to build a separate pen for her. I will monitor the chick and if the behavior continues, she...
So, we just bought six little chicks today. They are three days old. We got two golden-laced Wyandottes, and one Rhode Island Red, one Easter Egger, one Black Austrolorp, and one Barred Rock. They are all pullets (female) and all came from the same seller. I just started to notice that the...