Bully Chicken injuring the others!

[JoeInPA]

I don't have a picture of the coop or run on hand, but here is the most recent picture of my hen. She the smaller one at the very front.

 

[JoeInPA]

Maybe I should just give my pullet away with one of the roosters and start fresh so she'll still be around familiar faces.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't have a picture of the coop or run on hand, but here is the most recent picture of my hen. She the smaller one at the very front.

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Maybe I should just give my pullet away with one of the roosters and start fresh so she'll still be around familiar faces.

Very Cute!
Well, sending her with the cockerels is an option.
At that age, she will likely welcome more pullets. Chicks can be more accepting than adults. I didn't mean to make it sound so gloomy, you may not have any problems at all, but sometimes integrations don't go as well as expected, I just wanted to give you a heads up on that.
If you can find some chicks her age and you really like her, I think it would be worth keeping her and see how it goes.

 

[JoeInPA]

Very Cute!
Well, sending her with the cockerels is an option.
At that age, she will likely welcome more pullets. Chicks can be more accepting than adults. I didn't mean to make it sound so gloomy, you may not have any problems at all, but sometimes integrations don't go as well as expected, I just wanted to give you a heads up on that.
If you can find some chicks her age and you really like her, I think it would be worth keeping her and see how it goes.

Sounds like a plan. I'm not really emotionally attached to any of them, but I hate to have raised 5 chicks for a month and not be able to keep any of them. I don't want to send the problem down the line either. I really need to get the run finished. I haven't procrastinated on it, I've just been so busy between work and a couple cars breaking down.

I had them outside for maybe 15 minutes yesterday, but it wasn't long that the hawk spotted them and perched in a tree about 20 yards away just waiting for me to walk away from them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Sounds like a plan. I'm not really emotionally attached to any of them, but I hate to have raised 5 chicks for a month and not be able to keep any of them. I don't want to send the problem down the line either. I really need to get the run finished. I haven't procrastinated on it, I've just been so busy between work and a couple cars breaking down.

I had them outside for maybe 15 minutes yesterday, but it wasn't long that the hawk spotted them and perched in a tree about 20 yards away just waiting for me to walk away from them.

It's good to get them outside when you can, but yes, Hawks can be a problem too!

 

[Quackter]

Hi all,

So I have found a home for all 4 of my Welsummer roosters and I will be rehoming them tomorrow am. In the meantime, the one rooster is picking on the others. I have him in a separate bin by himself right now, but he was pulling feathers out of the others and eating them. I put him in a separate bin for about 20 minutes and then put him back with the others, but he immediately began doing the same thing. The others were fleeing from him and screeching, so I removed him again, which is where I am now. He is screeching being by himself in the bin, but I don't want him being with the others. The other are much more content without him. Am I doing the right thing?

I agree, separate or cull like others have said. I had a duck doing the same thing with the feathers. Not the same reason I would guess. It was a male, he didn't do it to the other ducks, just the chickens. Plenty of food, fenced but not cramped. He would just reach over like, "Oh feathers, i like feathers, yum" and yank a couple out and eat them from any poor chicken who ventured too close. I put the goose in, he changed for a few days, then started again, I just separated them.

 

[JoeInPA]

I asked my sister to put the bully back in the bin with the other two and watch him for 15 minutes or so. She called me back and said he did the same thing after about 5 minutes. She said the hen and the other rooster are now fine that he's back out of the bin. She said they are sleeping right next to each other.

 

[JoeInPA]

I'm headed out of work now, I'll get some pictures of my run once I get home.

 

[JoeInPA]

So here is my run. It is 8'x8'x4' with a 2'x3' door. As you can see, I still need to paint it and cover it in chicken wire then move it into place. I plan on eventually connecting the coop to it so the chickens can go in and out as they please. I probably need another 3-4 hours to finish it completely.

And here is the hen and the one roo, they seem to get along famously.

And here is Mr. Troublemaker in his isolation bin. I feel bad for him as I can tell he isn't happy by himself, but I can't have him terrorizing the others. I took him out for a few minutes by himself but the hawk was eyeing him within minutes.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Nice framework for a run. That should be sufficient for around 4 large fowl.
Are you still providing heat for them?