Aggression toward recently introduced chickens

[liviu]

Like through a cage so they could see one another?

Yes

 

[GoosesGeeses]

How long did you do that?

 

[liviu]

How long did you do that?

Just a couple days.

 

[GoosesGeeses]

You might want to do that again but for a week or more

 

[liviu]

This article by azygous is good for helping bullied chickens to regain their self confidence:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-bully-chicken-victim-a-two-sided-issue.73923/

Thank you!

 

[liviu]

Thank you!

You might want to do that again but for a week or more

The 2 hens in question have gone broody a bunch throughout the year, so during those times I've had to keep them away (from the coop and nest boxes) for about a week, and that didn't do anything. Good idea though.

 

[liviu]

How much room do you have in your coop, and how many hens? Do you have enough roosts? Are you feeding a 16 to 20% protein balanced layer or all flock feed? Are they mostly just letting the 2 hens know where they cannot roost? Is your coop large enough for you to watch the behavior at roost time, or can you put a game camera in there? Pinless peepers are a device that are attached to the beaks of bullies if nothing else works. Those keep the chicken from aiming at the other chicken.

Thank you for the thoughts - They definitely are eating a good diet and have enough room in the coop. I will keep in mind the pinless peepers - never heard of them until now.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I didn’t see this information anywhere so if I missed it I’m sorry but what breeds are your hens? The bullied ones and the others.

 

[liviu]

I didn’t see this information anywhere so if I missed it I’m sorry but what breeds are your hens? The bullied ones and the others.

The bullies are silver laced sussex and orpingtons. The bullied are Ameracauna.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

The bullied are Ameracauna.

Do they have muffs and beards? Are the bullies pulling those out?