chicken jail

  1. And now we have chickens

    Feather pecking. Please help!

    We have 4 Easter Eggers, all girls. One girl has been pecking at mainly just one other girl (the other two are smart enough to keep distance). We have separated the bully into her own blocked off section of the run with her own temporary coop for 5 days, then we put them all together...
  2. J

    Bullying and chicken jail questions

    Hello chicken experts! I did a few forum searches to see if I could find the answer to these questions, but was unsuccessful in figuring out the specific answer I need. I have four hens that are just shy of a year and a half old. They were sleeping in a coop that was too small to them for too...
  3. ebisu

    Can I break a broody hen this way?

    We have no roosters. One of our 8 girls is broody for a few days now after first laying in December and so far I've been periodically removing her from the nesting boxes inside the coop so she can eat, drink, poop, stretch her legs, etc. She never pecks me just screeches and fluffs up but she...
  4. Smartbomb71

    6 Hens 3 Bullies

    My flock is all jacked up. I have 6 hens; a barred rock, RIR, Issa brown, EE, americauna, and a lacy Wyandot. The crappy behavior started with Loretta the Issa brown. She started picking feathers and chasing my americauna Fluff. It was stressful and I should've isolated Loretta. I'm certain that...
  5. Lacy Duckwing

    Penny's in Jail

    Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte hen has officially been sent to jail! So this is the bird, Penny: And this is her cell: Name: Penny Breed: Silver-Laced Wyandotte Age: About a year old Appearence: Black and white. Average Silver-Laced Wyandotte markings and shape Weight: Probably the...
  6. moocowsuk

    Chicken Jail

    Hey everyone. I bought 2 girls about 2 weeks ago from a place down the road from me ( photo of naughty girls ) and they settled well and today me the wife went back to the same place and brought another three. There only brought two weeks apart but from a different flock. I introduced them...
  7. backyardchicks

    What do you find works best when you have a broody hen?

  8. heathercara

    Bullying/Injured Silkie

    Hi, All, I have 6 hens of different breeds (2 bantams - a silkie and a cochin) and 1 accidental silkie roo. There are two chicken bullies who have been picking on my silkie girl really badly and took a chunk of skin out of her neck. I have separated the two bullies (Olive and Ruth), and I also...
  9. Dragonfly Bayou Coop

    Dragonfly Bayou Coop

    Our 8x10 shed conversion and our soon to be constructed permanent 19x27’ run, currently just an Omlet fence. Shed includes roosts with poop board, partial space under made into a introduction brooder which will then become a chicken jail for future use. Also 6-16x16” nesting boxes which I...
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