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I finally caught mean chicken in the act of pecking the backs of the other hens. Well actually it was 2 mean hens I caught in the act and you guessed it they have all their back and tail feathers. I have both of them isolated from the rest of the flock. Its about time for a big ole pot of angry...

Well I marked 4 of the 17 hens that still have feathers on their tails and backs. But even after watching a few nights I have yet to see the mean chicken in action. Are there any other signs / tests to help me find the mean chicken?

16% layer pellets and once in a while when on sale - I'll buy a bag of 21% meatbird crumbles and dump in the drop box feeder. I don't feed them any scratch. Both feeds are Rural King brand made by Cargill. http://www.ruralking.com/layer-pellet-feed-16-50-value-46249.html...

Pecking ends when mean bird dies - got it... I'll have to watch them on the roost for a while over the next few nights and see if I can find the mean bird. I know she's in there because their is one hen that tries to peck me sometimes. It's just identifying her is the problem

It's a drop box feeder that holds 2 50lb bags of feed - I put a 50lb bag in every two weeks or so. They have feed continuously. I also have a PVC pipe nipple water that holds about 4 gallons, I put about 1 1/2 gallons in a day. Both the feeder and the waterer are fillable from outside the coop...

Those pinnless peepers look a bit crazy - never seen anything like that before. I think I'll just eat a couple of the hens for supper and hopefully that'll solve the problem. I'm not out in the coop enough to see what's going on. I water, and clean and collect eggs everyday - so I'm only out...

Thanks - I need to butcher 5 anyways - would you recommend the ones that are already started to be plucked? I guess I would think those hens are near the bottom of the pecking order anyways.

Not sure if this is the right place to post this thread (there are a lot of categories here :) ) I have 17 RIR hens and 1 RIR roo I noticed over the winter a couple of the hens were getting bald around the tip of the tail. Now two hens have even lost their tail feathers and it seem like it's...