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One other thing - watch your birds for aggressive pecking behavior, following a victim bird around and pecking around the vent/rear end until she draws blood. Chances are one of your buffs is the leader in this. If she is back at it after you return your cochins to the coop, you'll want to...

You're heading in the right direction, for sure. Since you already have a dominant bird issue going, set out multiple feeders so that everybody has a chance, and definitely give the pecked birds time and space to heal away from the bullies. Don't put them in the same cage or they're likely to...

Here is good information about feather pecking and cannibalism. This is definitely something you want to nip in the bud, once they get into the habit of cannibalism it is a sad and very, very ugly deal...

How much feeder space do you have for how many chickens? That is the kind of wound a lower status individual could get from there not being enough feeder space.

Only one thing I would add... be sure and physically separate her from the other chickens. Keep her in a cage someplace clean until the wound scabs over well. She can be in a cage in the coop afterwards while she is healing so she isn’t lonely, but the other birds will beat hell out of her if...