I have three girls who've been raised together since they were 13 weeks. They have an established pecking order. They have about 100 sq ft with roosts and a pecking block.
The lowest in the pecking order gets her feathers pecked occassionaly. She sits there and lets them do it. Over time she's lost alot of contour feathers, but no skin breaks or blood. Feather loss mainly. Lots of them. But again, this happened over time.
I've separated her during the day. They can see each other and sometimes sit near each other with the fence in between. When I get home I put them together and watch with squirt bottle in hand. This has gone on four 4+ weeks.
I'm wondering if there will EVER be a time they don't pick on her. It seems like she's just slowly pecked at all the time. HELP!!!!! I need them to be able to live together at some point. Any suggestions, please!
The lowest in the pecking order gets her feathers pecked occassionaly. She sits there and lets them do it. Over time she's lost alot of contour feathers, but no skin breaks or blood. Feather loss mainly. Lots of them. But again, this happened over time.
I've separated her during the day. They can see each other and sometimes sit near each other with the fence in between. When I get home I put them together and watch with squirt bottle in hand. This has gone on four 4+ weeks.
I'm wondering if there will EVER be a time they don't pick on her. It seems like she's just slowly pecked at all the time. HELP!!!!! I need them to be able to live together at some point. Any suggestions, please!