Chicken pecking and biting

Marshmallow1234

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Oct 25, 2020
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today I just got layer feed for my hens took me long to find it. But why are they still biting my little hen? I have 3 btw. When they free range they don’t bite a lot maybe 1-3 times but mostly they chase and scare her like she automatically knows there gonna bite her. But tonight they were in the coop and first when they go in there is always a bit of a fight and pecking cuz my older hen was on a nest with a heater in the front and the younger one wanted to sit with her. But the older hen would peck her and the younger hen would run. They sometimes let her be beside them but my coop is not super big. I have feeder and water in the coop also. Is it normal for them to peck the younger one? I noticed it’s mostly during eating and sleeping...
In the picture the younger hen and that is the inside of my coop (I removed a nest also so only 1)
 

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