Bullying

[LittleFalcon]

My friend and I had a trade today, I gave her my Blue Swedish Drake, DuckZilla, and she gave me a Barred Rock runt, Little Falcon, that is super sweet. I have 3 older hens that just got their head feathers this week and i tried to introduce Little Falcon to them. My leghorn seemed fine but Little One and the other NH Red wouldn't stop pecking at the poor little thing. any ideas on what to do?
BTW I have Little Falcon in an uncovered box with a grate placed on top. I have put that box on top of my other chickens until she gets a little bigger but I don't want my favorite chick to get lonely for chickens are social animals. I need help.

 

[keesmom]

My friend and I had a trade today, I gave her my Blue Swedish Drake, DuckZilla, and she gave me a Barred Rock runt, Little Falcon, that is super sweet. I have 3 older hens that just got their head feathers this week and i tried to introduce Little Falcon to them. My leghorn seemed fine but Little One and the other NH Red wouldn't stop pecking at the poor little thing. any ideas on what to do?
BTW I have Little Falcon in an uncovered box with a grate placed on top. I have put that box on top of my other chickens until she gets a little bigger but I don't want my favorite chick to get lonely for chickens are social animals. I need help.


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How old are these birds? I am assuming they are under 12 weeks of age? The red one in the second picture looks like a cockerel.

 

[LittleFalcon]

My reds and leghorn are about 6 to 7 weeks old currently maybe 8 i lost track. but my barred rock chick is only about 2 to 3 weeks old and she is a runt so she is little bigger than that of a day old chick though her feathers are developing normally and she appears to be very healthy. I got her yesterday from a friend of mine, we traded, my drake for the barred.
Little One (the red in the pic) appears to be a pullet and i am hoping it stays that way because i can not take a roo on my move, only pullets. (one of the reds was a roo and was picking fights with my duck who was very passive and he had a huge tail.) Sadly that boy had to be culled because i do not tolerate bullying in any of my animals. (I was going to keep him for he was friendly at first). I have raised all from a day old.

 

[keesmom]

If that red is only 7 weeks old it's a cockerel.

 

[LittleFalcon]

I shall see. I am just confused because i was looking at pics of NH roos and they didn't have the black lines on the neck like Little One does. The pics of the hens however had the lines and that through me off because i though for the longest time that it was a little roo

 

[keesmom]

That comb is huge, I'd go by that rather than color. Can you put a wire divider in the brooder so they can see but not touch?

 

[LittleFalcon]

i do not have anything to seperate so i have taken to keeping Little Falcon with me so she can have some social interaction