Dead Sparrows and Sick Chicken - Infuenza?

[JerryC999]

Well, meet Annabelle the bully. She went right back to her evil deeds as soon as I reintroduced the victim. So, now what? Violence for violence? Chicken stew? Heal with kindness?

 

[FrostRanger]

How long was she separated? If it was more than a few days you'll need to reintegrate again by doing see but no touch

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Well, meet Annabelle the bully. She went right back to her evil deeds as soon as I reintroduced the victim. So, now what? Violence for violence? Chicken stew? Heal with kindness?View attachment 3901677

You can try Pinless Peepers.

If the injured hen is not healed completely, she can be a target and if she's been removed/separated out, it will be hard to re-integrate her.
Once she's healed introduce her as a single hen by a see don't touch method. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/introducing-a-single-hen-to-an-existing-flock.71997/

 

[JerryC999]

Thanks for the ideas. The victim has been "see don't touch" now for about a week (I designed my coop for exactly that scenario). Just occurred to me that I may be isolating the wrong bird. Perhaps I should quarantine the bully, eh?

Going to order those "peepers" today. Looks like a good thing to have on hand.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks for the ideas. The victim has been "see don't touch" now for about a week (I designed my coop for exactly that scenario). Just occurred to me that I may be isolating the wrong bird. Perhaps I should quarantine the bully, eh?

Going to order those "peepers" today. Looks like a good thing to have on hand.

You can try moving the more dominant hen for a while and see if that helps.

 

[JerryC999]

You can try moving the more dominant hen for a while and see if that helps.

Yep, that is what I did. Now the right bird is in jail and the other is out of hospital. The victim seems to be doing fine with the flock. Annabelle is in a huff. The peepers come today. Lets see where this goes.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Yes, it's better to isolate the bully, knocks them down in the pecking order.