We have 6 chickens (approx 9 months old and together since chicks). A silver laced Wyandotte (leader), speckled Sussex, polish, legbar, Easter Egger and Cochin.
The Easter egger was sick, we gave her medicine and she was almost at full strength when the legbar attacked her, we think to move up in the pecking order. Before we could get her to safety the Wyandotte attacked her too. The Easter egger had some bleeding and eye was closed. The Easter Egger is on the mend and we put her together with our Cochin who is a sweetie and wouldn’t attack her. We want to introduce the Easter egger back and we’re told to put the legbar in jail “cage” to knock her down a peg on the pecking order. Is there anything else we can do?
The Easter egger was sick, we gave her medicine and she was almost at full strength when the legbar attacked her, we think to move up in the pecking order. Before we could get her to safety the Wyandotte attacked her too. The Easter egger had some bleeding and eye was closed. The Easter Egger is on the mend and we put her together with our Cochin who is a sweetie and wouldn’t attack her. We want to introduce the Easter egger back and we’re told to put the legbar in jail “cage” to knock her down a peg on the pecking order. Is there anything else we can do?