Bright red comb won’t let anyone in coop

[Show Sebright]

Hay my barred rock has a crazy red comb and will not let anyone go in the coop and sleep. She is screaming. Has slightly dry poop and laid and egg today. What’s wrong with her? My hens need to sleep.

 

[Ghost]

Hay my barred rock has a crazy red comb and will not let anyone go in the coop and sleep. She is screaming. Has slightly dry poop and laid and egg today. What’s wrong with her? My hens need to sleep.

lol
-Sounds like one bossy boss of a chicken.

Still, I'm sorry for your woes. Do you watch her during the day? She's probably at/near the top of the pecking-order, yes?

 

[WallyG74]

Smack her!

 

[WallyG74]

I’m joking

 

[Show Sebright]

lol
-Sounds like one bossy boss of a chicken.

Still, I'm sorry for your woes. Do you watch her during the day? She's probably at/near the top of the pecking-order, yes?

Yep she’s 2ed. Yeh my mom dose. She usually pecks one of my birds a lot but then eats grass.

 

[Ghost]

Yep she’s 2ed. Yeh my mom dose. She usually pecks one of my birds a lot but then eats grass.

How many roosting-bars are there? -Surely there must be space for the other hens somewhere....? At least once it's dark, they can't really peck/attack each-other.

 

[Show Sebright]

How many roosting-bars are there? -Surely there must be space for the other hens somewhere....? At least once it's dark, they can't really peck/attack each-other.

2, everyone has room. They cram up in about a foot of space usually. I have one 1in of the ground for my hen with arthritis. Yeh I think they settled down. My arthritis hen and 4th in the flock are sharing a hen box. 1st in flock is sitting almost on dixie(this is normal she cuddles) on the perch.

 

[Show Sebright]

Smack her!

I doubt she would care. She would be like “yay mom is petting me really hard… but I am still getting attention so I must be doing something good.”