i have turned into the worlds biggest wuss-- or a nut case

[CoyoteMagic]

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I had to do this with my roo when I introduced new pullets. They had grown up as chicks next to his run but he actually killed a beauty of an EE because she got into HIS pen with HIS girls. Put him in a pen by himself for a couple of weeks. Opened the gate between the 2 runs (the whole thing was 30x20) They got along just fine without him. Brought him back in after I separated the Sebrights (he would have killed the little roo) and got his butt kicked by my head hen, Broomhilda.

 

[cafarmgirl]

I had the same problem. Tried for literally months, every trick in the book, to get one new hen into the flock and it just got worse and worse. She hangs out with them when they semi free range in my pasture, no problems there. They just won't let her in their coop/run. One day she was in with them and the rooster and one of the hen's almost killed her. Enough was enough. She is a sweet bird who came to me from a bad situation and I wasn't about to send her packing to yet another home. So, we did the same as you and built her her own little coop and run and now everybody is happy and she is spoiled rotten in her own cushy digs. She shares a fenceline with the other run so she's not isolated and everyone gets along fine since they are separated. Plus I sleep better at night knowing all is well out there!

 

[FlipFlopFarmer]

ive done all types of mixing and matching after quarantene time is up, young old, day, night. Some chickens are just more likely to get bullied and some are more likely to do the bullying. I like mine to have enough space and to get along. If i have a "mean" animal, be it horse, chicken, dog, etc, and i have given it ample opportunity to change or acclimate, it takes a trip. sometimes to the freezer, sometimes to someone who can accomidate it. I rather have sweet personable animals than tolerate bullies!

 

[old geezer]

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.....good advise all , and i will try some new methods---my runs have to be predator proof ,they also have metal roof overhead ...it is impossible to let free range at my house---waaaay to many foxes , coons ,feral cats coydogs and cyotoes--and thats not counting the dozens of hawks buzzing the neighborhood.....

...they wiped out the pheasant ,and partridge populations almost to the point of seeing one with bess and katie my 2 bird dogs is a rarity------------owned by wife of 47 yrs--

---2 bird dogs ,2 tiny couch potatoe furball dogs ,6 chickens , 4 daughters ,6 grand daughters .

..and the one and only 1 yr old grandson ,

 

[fl_deb]

I'm right there with you on this one. It brings me to tears to see my RIRs chased and peck my EE. And when out, the EE is off by herself more often than not! So I thought I would get an ameraucana to add, since EE is AMxBrahma, so I am thinking those two would hang together and the 2 RIRs would hang, right? What happens the first day I let them see each other? The EE is highly aggressive practically jumping through me to get to the Ameraucana.

So if it doesn't get better, I am either getting rid of my RIRs they pray EE gets nicer or keep RIRs and rehome the EE and AM.

Or option soft heart, build yet another coop and run!