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Quick update: We went ahead and put the three in the freezer, and the two remaining are getting along great. It was pretty neat to see that within 30 minutes of being on their own, the two were already working out the new order. I have not seen any pecking between them. They both have...

Haha. You've been following all of the dramas @aart! Honestly I'm not super optimistic. Worst case we have 5 in the freezer. I am going to use the little red coop and give the young'ns a small section of run and slowly introduce.

Yea I hope this works also. The three main offenders will be permanently taken away. Do you think the new 4, plus the 2 docile birds will form a new pecking order without excessive pecking? Is that a thing? We felt terrible that this all unfolded the way it did. Live and learn I suppose.

We have checked, and didn't find anything. We have one fully feathered bird, and then the rest have varying degrees of bare spots above the tails as you ride down the pecking order. I'm afraid the problem is now a habit, and we will be putting 3 in the freezer, keeping the two we never see...

UPDATE: 12' run extension complete. Total run is now 18 x 5.5. Coop is 6x8. I hope this helps.

Thanks for the advice. Perhaps I'll move my pans up to extend the run. I've already got a roll of hardware cloth, just need the lumber. I have two other waterers, but only one of the three is heated. That may need to be on the list as well, as temps won't be above freezing here at night...

The pecking continues.... I have 5 barred rocks, and all seem to be pecking each other. I was just watching them and at least 3 out of the 5 were getting after it. The original coop I had was way too small, so I built them a new one. Nothing changed. Today I noticed its actually worse than...