bullies

  1. C

    how to reintroduce 2 bully hens to flock

    We separated 2 of the 9 hens about fall last year. One (Hen A) was mercilessly picking on one of our other hens to the point I couldn't keep feathers on her head and a new wound kept appearing. And we felt bad for always separating just her until she healed enough (no blood). The other hen (Hen...
  2. D

    Barred Rock Bullying

    Good day. We have a flock of 11 hens 11 months old. 5 Barred Rock and 6 RIR’s. The BR’s are chasing the RID’s off the feed and water. One RIR is picked on by all the birds. We tried sprays, peepers and separation but the Barred Rock just won’t stop picking on the Reds. Our coop is 8 x 10 and...
  3. Canadian Chickens

    Bully Central

    Hello, Very new to the chicken world. We started with 9 Rhode Island Reds. Unfortunately, lost one to a hawk in the spring. Now 8 remain. There must be bullying in our coop, but cannot find the culprits! Some look pretty rough with missing feathers and most have their tails snipped short. We...
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  4. malagabara

    Could new pullets become a solution for isolated/bullied hen?

    One of my Barnevelder hens got attacked by a hawk last winter and survived, she was isolated from the flock for about a month while she recovered from her wounds - which were pretty severe. Before the attack, she was at the bottom of the pecking order but they all got along (ate together...
  5. CannedMonster

    Do They Learn To Bully?

    Do younger birds learn bullying behavior from older birds that do that? I have 27 chickens. I have 2 coops. 4 LF hens (1 year) 2 LF cockerels (4.5 months) 2 LF pullets (4.5 months) 6 bantam pullets (3 months?) 1 bantam Silkie cockerel (4.5 months) 12: 2-3 week old LF chicks (all sexed...
  6. Debutante

    Feather-Picking! 3-Month Epidemic.

    Okay, I’ll admit it. I am COMPLETELY at my wits’ end with an outbreak of feather picking. The whole disaster started in early January when my 18 hens (who are now 11 months old) chose to stay in the coop during extremely cold, snowy weather. They had a large run available, but didn’t like the...
  7. Corinna Morse

    Buff Orpington Bullies

    We have two BO's that constantly go after our two polish hens. They have removed feather from crest and they do it hard and maliciously. We put the BO's in a timeout in the garage for past two days. Tonight, let them in coop and they immediately went after the Polish hens. What to do? The poor...
  8. afisher137

    Introducing 2 hens to help a bullied one

    Hi. I currently have a buff, a Rhode island red and an Easter egger. The Easter egger had started to get bullied the last month. We were thinking of getting 2 new hens to supplement the flock and keep the Easter egger from being bullied. Will that work? I was going to put the EE in with the new...
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