Isolating hens and/or rooster to let them heal from pecking. Is it too stressful for them to be alon

Too small a coop and a recent integration is bound to manifest into some aggression.
Wouldn't hurt to add some animal protein to the layer feed and scratch.


Yeah I learned so much from integrating new hens in! I had excess eggs so I made them egg quiches in muffin tins with oregano and garlic and green beans. That kind of animal protein? Everyone around here has an extra dozen and a half eggs so I can keep doing that!
 
Too small a coop and a recent integration is bound to manifest into some aggression.
Wouldn't hurt to add some animal protein to the layer feed and scratch.


Yeah I learned so much from integrating new hens in! I had excess eggs so I made them egg quiches in muffin tins with oregano and garlic and green beans. That kind of animal protein? Everyone around here has an extra dozen and a half eggs so I can keep doing that!
 
Recently the weather in Colorado has been crazy Spring weather. Hot and sunny one day, rainy or snowy and cold the next. I think the stress combined with the confinement due to bad weather has caused my hens to peck at the rooster's comb and one of the smaller hen's feathers. I have been trying pick-no-more and it seems to work for a day, but I think the rooster and small hen just need to heal for a bit away from the peckers. I have a very small chicken hospital, but I am worried about isolating them. The rooster especially loses it when he is away from his hens. Is it worth it to isolate the two and let them heal? At least until the weather clears up a bit more? I have given the hens boredom busters and a covered area to scratch, but they just seem too drawn to the two injuries in the flock to stop. Any creative advice is greatly appreciated! I don't have a ton of time to spoil my hens this month, but will do what I can! Thank you!

Can you just put some wire down the middle of your coop to separate but still be together.
 

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