- Jul 5, 2013
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I have a small backyard flock of 5 hens. A couple weeks ago, we noticed that one of the younger birds, a Rhode Island Red was getting picked on by one of the older birds. We let it go at first figuring they would work it out, but a couple days later i went in and noticed that the red's wing was injured, the feathers had been stripped and there was a bleeding wound. I removed her from the others and kept her in a large brooder till she recovered. she is fine now, i used pine tar to cover the wound once it was mostly healed and tried to reintroduce her. The other chickens tried a peck or two but quickly lost interest due to the tar, but the red seems to have it out for the hen that did it to her. after just a minute or two, she ran after and jumped the older hen, pulling a feather off her head. I seperated the and she did it again a few seconds later. is this something I should let happen and just make sure that none of them get injured, or is there some other tips for bringing her back in?