Greetings All,
I'm relatively new to raising chickens and I have an issue that I'm not quite sure how to deal with. I've had a few incidents with chickens getting pecked in the head by other chickens (pulling out feathers and causing bleeding head wounds). One chicken I separated and put her in a small cage by herself so she could heal but every time I let her out to try to assimilate back with the others she starts running around scared and some of the other chickens chase her and peck her. And then this morning I found one of my babies dead in the corner of the pen with what looked like peck marks to the head. Her head was sunken in like she was trying to tuck her head in to protect herself so my question is 1) How can I get these bullies to stop picking on the other chickens and 2) How can I get that scared one to want to get back with the group or will I just have to keep her isolated?
I'm relatively new to raising chickens and I have an issue that I'm not quite sure how to deal with. I've had a few incidents with chickens getting pecked in the head by other chickens (pulling out feathers and causing bleeding head wounds). One chicken I separated and put her in a small cage by herself so she could heal but every time I let her out to try to assimilate back with the others she starts running around scared and some of the other chickens chase her and peck her. And then this morning I found one of my babies dead in the corner of the pen with what looked like peck marks to the head. Her head was sunken in like she was trying to tuck her head in to protect herself so my question is 1) How can I get these bullies to stop picking on the other chickens and 2) How can I get that scared one to want to get back with the group or will I just have to keep her isolated?
