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Thank you! it seems the separation is going to be a must try ASAP.

4 girls, no rooster. They’re ISA Browns and about 3 1/2 years old. I have never had an issue like this yet. I’ve had a lot of chickens over the years and understand the pecking order but never something that’s constant like this

I’d say at least 3 weeks. I was considering building a separate little coop/pen off the original. The hen being bullied has turned into such a mamas girl, she wants to be held and flies on my shoulders - anything to be away from the bully and it breaks my heart so she has her own breakfast in a...

She is no longer broody, she does make the cluck like she did when she was but she is up and interacting. She will try to roost with them at night and if the bully doesn’t let her I’ll move her up there next to one of the others but when I open them in the AM she’s usually on the highest roost...

I’m hoping for some feedback/suggestions as I have never experienced this type of situation. I had a hen that was broody for what seemed like forever (over a month) and as soon as it broke and she started venturing out all of the sudden the hen who I believe was at the bottom of the pecking...

Update: She has passed away. Thank you everyone for the advice and trying to help

I got her in June 2020 but she hasn’t laid an egg in a while. she’s just been doing her own thing she’s always fluffier and hanging out by herself but she didn’t seem in discomfort until the last two days I can’t really get a feel for her crop. My family member said she ate some of a hot dog...

The poop is water very little seems to come out and it’s all over her bum. I’ll try to capture a better picture. She will not drink or eat. She just stands in one spot puffed out eyes closed in a deep sleep. I have to really put my hand on her or move her to get her to acknowledge me. She...

This is her stool Basically water

It’s not as full as the others but it’s there it’s hard to tell bc she’s sooooo poofed out

I posted one of her originally standing up but she just settled down and is now laying Should I leave her or still feel her crop? I’ve had one of the girls of this flock die of sudden death syndrome last summer so I’m extremely afraid to bother them while they’re in deep slumbers

I tried to respond to the above the best I could but my phone wasn’t cooperating please let me know if there’s any other info I can give that may help, I appreciate the time!

One of my girls may be passing? I’m not sure but she’s been weird lately. Last two nights she’s been laying on the lowest roost I have a little up off the ground. However she’s been doing her own thing ever since she stopped laying eggs. She has a big fluffy coat and seems to take care of...

Maybe they roosts are too close you think?

I’ve noticed (primarily at bedtime) that my girls are awfully aggressive when it comes to roosting. They will peck eachothers face and most recently I walked in and one of my girls heads was bleeding profusely. They have ample space to roost on other roosts but they all seem to want to be...

Yes my hens are very docile girls. They usually would make a little noise if I lift the door of the box but they’re usually in and out. She was laying on all of the eggs and her feathers puffed out. But either way, it’s just really strange that she was falling asleep while out in the yard like...

She had only been in there this morning. I check them closely at bed time every night and they were all OK and on their roost in their normal spots. She was acting like she was a few weeks ago when she was broody by making a defensive noise when I went in for the eggs this morning and yesterday...

Today I let my flock out for the first time to free range, I stayed with them the entire time and kept an eye out for predators etc. I had one broody hen who I had taken off the eggs because I don’t have a rooster & I didn’t want her brooding- I noticed she had been closing her eyes while out...

I noticed this morning that a red squirrel ran into a hole in the tree that my chicken pen is built around. I could hear it in the tree almost like there are babies in there so I do not want to disturb them however, could it be harmful to my flock?