Presnell5
Songster
Hi! This is gonna be a long one. I hope you guys can help me. Ok so I had previously posted about a bully chicken and I got some good advice about my coop set up. So I added some blinds so they don’t see each other as much. I have 7 feeders. I have roosts and chairs and logs. That was all there when the problem started. So I have this hen a Rhode Island White and she has relentlessly attacked a new EE We have. She jumps on her back bites ,her neck, chases her. So much so that her back is bare. So 2 days after I wrote in she went broody along with my BO. So I let them raise chicks together. 4 new babies. She’s been a good mom. So now of course she’s chasing other chickens but I mean she’s a new mom so I can’t blame her entirely. She now will also attack her best friend though and I’m not to thrilled about that. However this morning she was chasing her babies away from food! And I just don’t get it! So I put her in confinement for the day and it’s so peaceful. But here’s the catch.... a couple weeks ago while white chicken was with the babies I caught the targeted EE jumping on the back of another down low on the pecking order hen. So now I don’t know what to think. Who’s actually causing the conflict. Could the bullied hen have learned this behavior? Could the “bully” hen just be keeping the other hen in check?! I’m just not sure where to go. They both lay good and are on the young side so I don’t want to give away but that might be my only option...? I’ve included a pic of my coop. They are out of it 90% of the time