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@azygous I love this discussion! It makes me want to spend even more time with my chickens.

It's about 2 sq ft/chicken, so not ideal. I just can't do anything at the moment other than get rid of chickens. I live in the Piedmont region in NC, so moderately cold winters and very hot summers. We have a LOT of predators and I only lost one bird just last week because she found a sneaky way...

Thanks for all the advice! I will isolate her for a few weeks and see if this resets the social order a bit. I will take that time to do some closer observation of her health (I was planning on doing this part anyway before I re-homed her). This is my biggest worry, but also my biggest...

@aart Those are some fantastic suggestions! When she is isolated, should I still move put her in the main coop at night with the other birds? I have always felt my coop space is a bit of a problem. All the birds can fit in there and have their own space to roost but it's a bit tight. I don't...

Thanks for the responses! I am leaning towards re-homing the bullied chicken, but @oldhenlikesdogs I had not thought of there being something actually wrong with her that I cannot pick up on. Because she's so docile, I pick her up regularly to check for wounds from the bullying and I have not...

I've been reading up a bit on bullying in flocks, but I have to find a situation that quite matches my experience. I started my flock about a year ago with 6 chicks (3 RIR, 3 ISA Browns) and inherited 5 further chickens (2 Americaunas, 1 Orpington, 1 RIR, 1 Dominique) about 4 months later right...