They should be fine with her outside seeing how you don't seem to be worried with cats or other predators. Alot of mine are free range as well. I would suggest you keep an eye out for things though as they tend to show up when "food" is running about. Congratulations on your new little ones to...
There was three of the six that seemed to be starting it. Once I put them out the others seemed to start by themselves without coaching. That is why i turned them all out. At least the ones that were already hurt aren't being terrorized anymore. They were even pecking on themselves.
They are 6 weeks. They have free roam of the yard now as i have turned them all out today. It hasn't helped so far. I don't have any blue kote but i do have red kote and applied it today and the taste seems to be cutting alot of it out. Was worried about it being red but after one or two pecks...
I have some chicks that I pulled from their mother and are raising indoors. I've done so in the past and haven't ever had this problem. They have started pecking at each others backs until they have big bleeding sores with no feathers. They started with just one yesterday and I doctored him up...