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They count them at night so they'd probably notice, but whether they'd mind I'm not sure. Funny story, yesterday when I was busy treating the badly injured hens comb, the other speckled with the less injured comb snuck into our coop and laid a "thank you" egg. The two of them always come in when...

Thank you, I hope so too! I appreciate your thoughts. I'll try to be vigilant but if the bullying persists I may offer to take her and just figure it out. Otherwise I don't know if she'll survive.

I have an RIR too and told them that RIRs--from experience--are dictators (ours is behind most of my few bullying incidents). They're just like nahh we never see bullying I always thought the speckleds run the show--which is infuriating because they are never here. My husband and I have to deal...

I've thought about it but I have three very real challenges: Space. My coop is pretty much at capacity. Pride. My neighbors are great but they have a lot of pride. Which is why I get rebuffed anytime I offer chicken keeping advice, like adding ventilation to the coop. They are of the let the...

This is mostly just to vent, but if anyone has any practical advice or has had similar experiences, I'm happy to hear from you! Last spring our neighbors added 12 chicks (9 RIRs and 3 speckleds) and 3 turkeys to their small flock of ducks. They are a lovely flock and i've enjoyed my task of...