- May 29, 2012
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Hi, I hope someone can help!
We have had three hens now for just over two years and everything was going great.
They all get on brilliantly, all sharing the food, water & treats. All slept huddled up together and all laying well.
But this week I have noticed one hen being pecked and chased all the time, so she cant get to the food. They don't even let her in the coop! She has lost a lot of head feathers and I noticed they had pecked her so hard she has a gash right near her ear!
I have separated the two bully's into another area for two days so the pecked girl can get a load of food and try and recover a little and thought this will re-juggle the pecking order.
But this morn I put them back in together and for the first ten minutes it was fine then they started chasing and pecking her under the shed. so I've separated them again.
Please help!! I don't want to have to get shoot of any but don't know what else to do.
If it was like this from day one I could sort of understand, but they have been living in harmony for two years!!
She has stopped laying whilst the other two haven't. That's the only difference.
Not that I can see her starting to lay again when she is so nervous.
What to do?????
We have had three hens now for just over two years and everything was going great.
They all get on brilliantly, all sharing the food, water & treats. All slept huddled up together and all laying well.
But this week I have noticed one hen being pecked and chased all the time, so she cant get to the food. They don't even let her in the coop! She has lost a lot of head feathers and I noticed they had pecked her so hard she has a gash right near her ear!
I have separated the two bully's into another area for two days so the pecked girl can get a load of food and try and recover a little and thought this will re-juggle the pecking order.
But this morn I put them back in together and for the first ten minutes it was fine then they started chasing and pecking her under the shed. so I've separated them again.
Please help!! I don't want to have to get shoot of any but don't know what else to do.
If it was like this from day one I could sort of understand, but they have been living in harmony for two years!!
She has stopped laying whilst the other two haven't. That's the only difference.
Not that I can see her starting to lay again when she is so nervous.
What to do?????