I followed the instructions posted on this site when I introduced my four chicks to my two hens. However the hens did not fall for the trick of putting the chicks in the coop at night.
The chicks are 10 weeks old now and still the hens bully the chicks around. Sometimes it sounds scary as the chicks screech as the hens corner them then peck at the last chick who was unable to get away. I go into the run and seperate them for a while but we can not keep doing that.
How long will the hens torment the chicks and will it ever stop? Not sure what to do until the chicks become larger in size. I do not have the room to seperate them for long periods of time. We have been lucky so far because there has been so blood drawn yet but told hubby if he ever sees blood, he has to take the bleeding chicken out straight away.
The chicks are 10 weeks old now and still the hens bully the chicks around. Sometimes it sounds scary as the chicks screech as the hens corner them then peck at the last chick who was unable to get away. I go into the run and seperate them for a while but we can not keep doing that.
How long will the hens torment the chicks and will it ever stop? Not sure what to do until the chicks become larger in size. I do not have the room to seperate them for long periods of time. We have been lucky so far because there has been so blood drawn yet but told hubby if he ever sees blood, he has to take the bleeding chicken out straight away.