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Songster
We just integrated our 2 new pullets to the flock of 5. They’d been interacting for weeks prior and we did a slow integration. The lowest on the existing pecking order, Edie, kept going at them, but thought she might let up. It’s been a week and she’s pretty relentless. No blood drawn but just constantly seeking them out. I heard removing some of the higher girls temporarily could help, but they all get onto Edie and she’s pecked often herself. Not sure which I would remove. I ended up removing her from the coop tonight because she kept jumping down from the roost to peck the new girls. I don’t want to meddle too much but is it right to remove her for a little while?