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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    Yeah I would too but the other hen is also a bully and I don't want to leave the two remaining hens in a coop together.
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    I do spray at the bully or gently push her away with my foot if she gets too close to the bullied hen. All of them are afraid of brooms and I often use a broom to corral them back into the coop. No matter how often I spray and discourage the bullying behavior, they never stop.
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    Thanks, I'll look into a 24/7 feeder that can fit in the coop.
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    Yeah, I might just do that before the new school year starts
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    If I put the bully in jail and move the isolated hen back into the coop with the lesser bully who just lightly pecks, will it be ok? I'm just concerned that the attacks may never end. I think the main bully is just super aggressive naturally. Attacks are nonstop and I have to be present to...
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    I tried to do that but the other two do not get along in the coop. Even with me standing there in front of the coop the lesser bully would still pick at the bullied hen if her head was close.
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    I don't want to risk putting them all together in the coop again because the bully will actually draw blood and I'm not sure to what extent the damage would be. I feed my chickens 3 times a day but they don't fight over food at all. The reason why I don't just leave a feeder in the coop is...
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    The bullied hen always crosses paths with the bully hen in the yard, she clearly doesn't learn that she'll be attacked. I can't cull the bullies and start over because I'm a college student and I'm away from home for most of the year. I'd figure I'd rehome all of the chickens once they stop...
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    Bully hen keeps attacking an isolated hen on sight when they're outside together

    I was not present when the original injury occurred. Either the bully inflicted the wound or the bullied hen got it naturally while outside. I do know that the bully made it worse because I treated the original injuries and then put the hen back, within a couple hours she was all bloody again...
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    Should I cull a hen that endlessly gets bullied

    I have three hens and one of them gets bullied by the other two. I keep the bullies together in a coop and the other hen in a separate enclosure. One of the bullies viciously attacks on sight when I let them all out into the yard and the other bully lightly picks at the comb of the bullied hen...
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    Bully hen keeps attacking an isolated hen on sight when they're outside together

    So I have three hens, two hens live together in the coop and another one I had to separate because of a major flesh injury of unknown origin a few months ago. I'm aware that chickens get excited by blood and they will attack sick/injured members of the flock. I isolated the injured hen and she's...
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    Hen or Rooster?

    Thank you!
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    Hen or Rooster?

    9.5 week old leghorn, my parents aren't convinced that the first picture is a rooster. Second picture is a hen ( I think) for comparison. The "rooster" is also larger and more aggressivethan the other chickens.
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