Extreme bullying

Fluffy_Feathers

Songster
7 Years
Jul 6, 2017
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I have a hen who got major frostbite and lost all of her toes except for her thumbs (or back toes, whatever they're called) and half a toe on one foot. I was hoping that once all of her frostbite fell off she'd start integrating back into the flock and the bullying would die down. But that's not happening. I have a few other hens that will actively run toward her and attack her until she runs into the chicken coop, just to get away. Is there any way at all to get the bullies to calm down?
 
Separate her and buy her a new friend, really all i could say or sell her, how big is their coop? do they all have enough space, what are they eating? how many roo's are their? what you can do is separate but make sure she is visible to them because chickens well get lonely
 
Put the hens that are actively chasing her down in "chicken jail", aka a separate cage or coop. Once they return to the flock they'll probably stop bothering her--they'll be too busy trying to regain their ranking. If that doesn't work, then the best thing to do would be to put her in separate coop or tractor, and permanently keep her with a few docile hens for company.
 
Put the hens that are actively chasing her down in "chicken jail", aka a separate cage or coop. Once they return to the flock they'll probably stop bothering her--they'll be too busy trying to regain their ranking. If that doesn't work, then the best thing to do would be to put her in separate coop or tractor, and permanently keep her with a few docile hens for company.
agreed
 

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