Broken toenail or foreign object?

[RubelliteRose]

Do you have enough room in the run to section part of it off with chicken wire? We usually place new/removed birds in a sectioned off area of the run during the day and move them to a dog crate in the coop at night. This does take up quite a bit of room though and not everyone has that much space. Also, if you have the space, do you have a former best buddy or nice non-aggressive hen that you could move in with her? Two are much easier to reintegrate than one. I keep them separate at least a week or until everyone seems uninterested in each other.

 

[Eggcessive]

When I have had a stubborn broody out of the flock for a longer time, over a week, I let them go back and watch the behavior. There can be some chasing and pecking, but usually all goes well. If they need more time, a wire dog crate with food and water inside the run is good for a couple of days. But keep having supervised free ranging. They will try to teach her that she is not the boss anymore, but she may get back to that again.

 

[FlockAround-andFindOut]

My instincts said to remove the bullys. Split into two groups (8 total in this flock)-the nice and the mean. Then put the 4 + 4 back together in a neutral place(new coop). I'm in the midst of a coop move and have extra space.

Would you guys recommend doing it this way or does it not work like that?

 

[FlockAround-andFindOut]

When I have had a stubborn broody out of the flock for a longer time, over a week, I let them go back and watch the behavior. There can be some chasing and pecking, but usually all goes well. If they need more time, a wire dog crate with food and water inside the run is good for a couple of days. But keep having supervised free ranging. They will try to teach her that she is not the boss anymore, but she may get back to that again.

But I certainly like this better. No adjustments needed, let it run it's course(within reason obviously).