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    Former Alpha now chased and exiled - what to do?

    Quick update on my situation. I did as sourland said - put the bullied girl back in the flock and waited to see who the real aggressors were. She stayed on her own on the periphery most of that day, but eventually one of the other alpha girls took into her. I immediately pulled the aggressor...
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    Former Alpha now chased and exiled - what to do?

    They do have several roosting bars in the run, and one uses a small swing quite regularly. Ironically enough, I had just recently added a pecking block to the run - they had largely ignored it, as they run the yard (4 acres!) all day. However, the day of this first fight, the pecking block was...
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    Former Alpha now chased and exiled - what to do?

    Much appreciated advice. One question, should the aggressors be isolated separately, or can they be kept together? My quarantine coop isn't tiny, but I don't want to isolate them together if I cause a fight with them, too.
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    Former Alpha now chased and exiled - what to do?

    I have a flock of 8 comprised of 7 hens and 1 roo. 1 hen is 4 years old and mostly just goes along with the flock - not dominant, or mean, just a sweet old girl. The other 6 hens are Golden Comets all about 14 month old now, hatched and raised together. The entire flock free ranges all day...
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    Hello from Virginia!

    My name is Bob and I live in west-central Virginia in the lovely Shenandoah Valley. I've had chickens off and on my whole life, but never more than a few at a time. Always had small urban flocks of no more than two or three hens, with an occasional rooster. Took a few years off from gardening...
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