We have two connected runs that are inside a larger enclosure. One is a very small run connected to a chicken tractor that was given to us by some friends leaving the country. The area available to the hen is 6x4. That's where the white hen has lived for weeks now, ever since her head healed...
In the spring, I got four new pullets. One of them, the only white one, was very badly hen pecked by the others, entirely removing her scalp. Amazingly, she's healed but there is a bald spot where the feathers aren't returning. Can she ever be returned to the flock, or will they just peck...
Just introduced some 8 week pullets (four of them) to my three grown hens. Things seemed okay yesterday, but I came out today and found the older hens had picked on one of the pullets, the only white hen, and completely scalped her. The entire back side of her skull is bare. I've separated...