Thanks, Hayduke27. We are going to build a smaller coop and keep the sebrights in it. The hens aren't aggressive towards us, just one chicken. They are naughty ladies, for sure.
I am thinking that it is a breed thing. None of our other hens act like that. The second coop should solve our problems without us having to get a rooster. Chickens are weird
We are going to be building a second coop, a smaller one, for the two goldens, and maybe a cochin that is particularly fond of one of the goldens. Chicken society is complex. Forget Meercat Manor, just go out to the coop for all of your wildlife drama.
So our buff brahma went back to the coop after her little head healed up a bit and we brought Reggie, the psycho golden sebright inside. The first few days she was really angry but calmed down after about 4 days solitary (we let her out in the run, she just wasn't allowed to hang out with her...
Right now we have the injured hen isolated so she can heal. She got attacked pretty bad. Her head is a bit of a mess, but she is eating/drinking/etc.
It appears as though the psychotic hen is acting as a protector for our cochin who is broody right now. These two were our first hens so...
Hi all.
We have 7 bantam hens and no roos. We started with 2 and added 5 more 2 years later. Our oldest sebright, who is 4, has gone nuts. She is prancing around with her tail fluffed in a fan and aggressively attacking our buff brahma. We have removed Killer (our Brahma) from the coop as...