Buff Orpington Suddenly Very Agitated Following Illness and Death of Hen

[SusiesPeeps]

I thought broody too, right time of year, and I have one that looks like a beach ball when out with the flock. It takes a while for the hormones to come up to full strength. I would leave her with the flock. But I find separating birds causes more problems than it cures. I might however, separate the aggressive bird, if she is really out of line. But I think they do better to work it out.

We don't have the flock completely separated. While we supervise, we have them outside together, but felt we had to separate the BO for safety purposes at night. Her sudden agitated behavior, maybe part broodiness as well, brought on major aggressive attacks from our PBR. If we see chasing or pecking - that's one thing, but if there's another attack that can draw blood, I think you're right - the PBR should be separated. Thank you again.