Ltvo
Chirping
- Aug 6, 2019
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Greetings Chicken Gurus-
I've come seeking guidance on how to break bully behavior. I had a 2 year old girl go broody..the first one in my brood of 7 (3 of them are 2 and 4 are 1 year old). She was broody for 12 days when I finally broke her in my “chicken jail” dog wire cage located in the coop. She was 2nd in the pecking order but when she came out although everyone below her pecked her or mounted her or fought her in trying to reestablish the order, only 2 of the younger girls have continued to the point of drawing blood.
I have thrown them in chicken jail for days and then let them out and supervised them a bit and let them try to sort it out but when blood is drawn over and over my poor girl is jumping in my lap or on my shoulder or hiding in the coop and not eating or drinking (that’s all in the run), well, I can’t be there 24/7 to make sure they won’t kill her.
The two immediately gang rape her when let out, have taken her down to the ground by her wings and, act like a rooster by grabbing her neck..they have ripped her comb too. I have also tried letting one out at a time and it’s the same. I have also given treats only to those out in the run and right in front of the jail birds..no success when eventually let out. Was hoping they would again be at the bottom of the order since they have been “cooped in” for about 4-5 weeks now but no such luck.
I’m so aggravated/angry by this. What else can I do?
I've come seeking guidance on how to break bully behavior. I had a 2 year old girl go broody..the first one in my brood of 7 (3 of them are 2 and 4 are 1 year old). She was broody for 12 days when I finally broke her in my “chicken jail” dog wire cage located in the coop. She was 2nd in the pecking order but when she came out although everyone below her pecked her or mounted her or fought her in trying to reestablish the order, only 2 of the younger girls have continued to the point of drawing blood.
I have thrown them in chicken jail for days and then let them out and supervised them a bit and let them try to sort it out but when blood is drawn over and over my poor girl is jumping in my lap or on my shoulder or hiding in the coop and not eating or drinking (that’s all in the run), well, I can’t be there 24/7 to make sure they won’t kill her.
The two immediately gang rape her when let out, have taken her down to the ground by her wings and, act like a rooster by grabbing her neck..they have ripped her comb too. I have also tried letting one out at a time and it’s the same. I have also given treats only to those out in the run and right in front of the jail birds..no success when eventually let out. Was hoping they would again be at the bottom of the order since they have been “cooped in” for about 4-5 weeks now but no such luck.
I’m so aggravated/angry by this. What else can I do?
