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    Help please attacking chickens bullying

    Hi yes they can the silkies are in the run and I have the others either free ranging or in a smaller run next to it but I have decided I am going to divide the run for them and extend it so I can permanently keep them apart if needed I also have the main culprit in a dog crate away from them to...
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    Help please attacking chickens bullying

    I would consider it if it was 1/2 hens but I'd be getting rid of 4 out of my 7 hens It's like a pyramid the hybrids bully all so I can't trust them permanently living with any The faverolle and Brahma bully the silkies The pekin is in the middle of it all she seems the easiest 😆
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    Help please attacking chickens bullying

    At this point I have the two hybrids free ranging The two silkies are in a small run together since the attacks Then I have a faverolle a Brahma and a pekin who all get along fine in a large run Before the attacks it was the two silkies the brahma the faverolle and the pekin in a 5X4 meter...
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    Help please attacking chickens bullying

    It's a very mean way of doing it I let them get on with it usually but I fear one will end up dead the way they are going The hybrids are a speckledy and a bluebell
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    Help please attacking chickens bullying

    Hi Thankyou for your reply, I have separated the silkies. Since my post I have let the rest out this morning together, they all seem be be attacking each other now, the hybrids are now targeting the chickens that were attacking the silkies chasing them around pecking They are definitely not...
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    Help please attacking chickens bullying

    I'll try to make this as short as possible I started with two young hybrids last year and added two point of lay silkies a month later They all got on just fine until the hybrids grew up and started attacking one of them. First lesson learnt hybrids are bullies. So I separated both the...
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    Advice on coughing chicken

    Back story my faverolle started feather pecking so after all other failed attempts I used a bumpa bit This was on for 2/3 weeks Fitted correctly checked a bazillion times A day or so after removal she started coughing with neck stretched and occasional mouth breathing so I separated her...
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