HELP, my hen is depressed

[Pennae]

Help my hen is depressed and she has no friends, all the other chooks peck her she was just pecked in the eye, i was wondering if i should get her some chicks to look after or a roo or just another pullet
PLEASE HELP

 

[Basil Gray]

Chickens are flock animals so her being depressed without other birds makes sense.
As for her getting some friends unless she is broody or a hen to go broody I do not think chicks are the way to go. If you want a bantam rooster should not beat up on her so much (I have 2 silkie rooster and they are much calmer/nicer to my hens than my experimental backyard something roosters, but I'm sure a cochin or brahma rooster would be close to the same personality.)

 

[Pennae]

yeh but we cant really have any roosters are there any that are quiter

 

[JanetS]

Maybe you should think about re-homing her.

 

[Basil Gray]

Maybe you should think about re-homing her.

Or that. probably the better/easier way, but when I tell people that they get mad at me

 

[Pennae]

wait you mean give her away, i dont really want to do that

 

[Basil Gray]

Do you have room for another coop/pen
With my flock we have personality conflicts so I have to have 2 coops and 2 pens. I rotate when coop gets to roam the yard and which stay locked in the pen for the day. (you would think with 5 acres there is enough room for 17 roosters and hens to live comfortably without fighting, but I guess we need to go out of our ways a try to kill each other)
also what breed is this bullied hen (because could be the bird's problem? polish don't fight much mainly because they cannot see as for trying to find friends, same with silkies

 

[SJchickens]

wait you mean give her away, i dont really want to do that

I recommend separating her in a second coop with another chicken that is perhaps particularly passive, or isn't attacking her, and see how that goes. She cannot go alone. If you can't do this, then you should really consider finding her a new home.

 

[Pennae]

ok but i have some chicks they should be out of the brooder soon would that do???

 

[Pennae]

the ones that bully her are silkie peckons and guinea fowl, she is a cross breed im not show what she is crossed with