I just have to vent a minute. My "sweet" girls have turned into witches! I wound up with a few roos (that are now in the freezer) and picked up 4 new hens that are the same age. They even came in the same shipment but were spilt between myself and a friend. Anyway, the original 7 hang together and the new 4 hang together. That's fine- but the gang of 7 bullies the others. It breaks my heart to see the newer 4 sitting in the coop on roosts because the witches are just outside the door. I let them out to free range during the day so I'm hoping the newbies are getting plenty to eat when the others are off roaming about. I don't have room for another coop/run and the one I have isn't big enough to be able to divide. I know the pecking order has to be established but I want everyone to just get along- or at the very least, quit bullying the new ones.
