Hens being mean to recently broken broody!

[TheCluckyClucker2]

I have a hen that I recently broke of broodiness. I broke her when the other chickens went to the fair. When the two other hens came back they started picking on her. They are at least two times the size of her. Should I seperate Plum (the broke broody) and give her good food (and hydro hen?) Plum runs under my rooster (Little Big) when they chase her. Please tell me what I should do?! Thanks!

 

[nuthatched]

Put the jerks in time out by separating them. Maybe the see but not touch method.
Did they do well at the fair?

 

[Lizzy733]

How long were they separated? Was she brooding long? If you have a large flock and it's only these two causing the trouble, it may be better to 'see but don't touch' the bullies, rather than the broody.

 

[Lexicon]

I have a hen that I recently broke of broodiness. I broke her when the other chickens went to the fair. When the two other hens came back they started picking on her. They are at least two times the size of her. Should I seperate Plum (the broke broody) and give her good food (and hydro hen?) Plum runs under my rooster (Little Big) when they chase her. Please tell me what I should do?! Thanks!

This happens frequently in my flock after the broody rejoins everyone. They can see each other the whole time, but the broody is confined while her hormones settle down. There's just something about the ex-broody that sets a few of the others off. There has never been blood drawn, so I just let them work it out. I don't have a rooster. He may be an asset in this situation and help things get back to normal more quickly.

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

That is my whole flock, three hens and a roo. She was broody for nearly two months. I kept meaning to break her but didn't really have the time or tools. They were at the fair for 5 days. There were probably 50 chickens there but they all got 1st place ribbons. Little Big Shot won Grand Champion last year and they really looked at him this year. (They even got out the standard of perfection!)

 

[Lizzy733]

My broody has never been bullied post brood, but I've given up on breaking her. Maybe them seeing her ostracized in a broody breaker is what's triggering it? I think my flock is very accustomed to my silkie ditching them for the laying boxes for 5 weeks at a time. She's better about self care than when she was younger, but still broods for ages.

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

She kind of broke on her own. She didn't have any eggs to sit on and the day before they came home she slept on the roost bar.

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

She look 10x better and is fully reintegrated with the flock. If anyone wants a pic than tell me and I will gladly get one, thank you for helping!