Chicken Little

[6chicks1coop]

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing great! Looking for some help with our chicken little named Drumstick. She's been with the rest of the flock since the very first day we got them, but she is just not growing as well and quickly as the rest of them. She always cries, but she drinks and eats and has no health issues that we know of. She is the last to eat and drink so we know pecking order may be in effect. One of the others may be bullying her by chasing her around the brooder, but she is not being pecked by any of the others. Any tips? We want her to be able to go to the coop with the others, but we don't know if she will be ready. We tested to see how she would do without them, but she did not eat or drink until one of the others joined her separate bin We appreciate any help! Here are some pictures of our little Drumstick and her buddies

 

[chickenlittle21]

Let her go with the rest of her little chick flock into the coop.

 

[6chicks1coop]

Let her go with the rest of her little chick flock into the coop.

Thanks. We think so too. She is always last to tag along, but she always tags along.

 

[Jamie5190]

we introduced 2 newbies (teenage age) to our existing flock in the fall and they were picked on so we fenced off an area within the coop and made sure everyone had food and water and they were introduced that way with the fence helping! After a few days we removed the fence and there was no bullying! It was nice because I think it reduced the amount of initial pecking! Just an idea!