Just returned from a week vacation and my JG and EE have bullied my BO. Her comb is bloody and her feathers are all over the run. I went to pick her up which she loves and never resists and tonight, she ran from me. Bolted. If she got near the other two, they pecked her. They even pecked at her trying to get up on the roosting bar. I'm just sick with grief.
I have to do something. I can't let this go on. I'm looking for advice. Do I just give the EE away? She seems to be the instigator.
If I gave her away, do you think the JG will continue to peck at her if there are just the two of them?
I could put the EE in a dog crate for a week and try to reset the pecking order but does that really work when you just have three hens? I'm afraid they'll go right back to their old antics once I return her.
I could really use some advice right now.
I have to do something. I can't let this go on. I'm looking for advice. Do I just give the EE away? She seems to be the instigator.
If I gave her away, do you think the JG will continue to peck at her if there are just the two of them?
I could put the EE in a dog crate for a week and try to reset the pecking order but does that really work when you just have three hens? I'm afraid they'll go right back to their old antics once I return her.
I could really use some advice right now.