Crazy Chick Resort
In the Brooder
SO, HERE I GO AGAIN. I HAVE TWO NEW 8 MONTH PULLETS I INTEGRATED WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD FLOCK. MY OLD FLOCK ARE SURVIVORS A AN ATTACK THAT HAPPENED LAST OCTOBER. SO, THE TWO NEW PULLETS CAME IN EARLY APRIL THIS YEAR. THE PROBLEM THE PERSON WHO SOLD THEM TO ME STATED THEY WERE THE SAME AGE, HOWEVER, ONE IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE OTHER. THE LARGER ONE KEEPS CLIMBING ON ONE OF MY OLD CHICKS AND JUST PULLS ON HER SO HARD. I AM UNABLE TO BE WITH THEM 27/7 BUT WHEN I HAVE SEEN IT, I SPRAYED HER WITH WATER AND SAY NO VERY FIRMLY, I HAVE ISOLATED HERE FROM THE OTHERS, WHICH DOES NOT SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HER AND TODAY SHE JUMPED UP AND PECKED MY BACK SIDE. I FIGURE I MUST HAVE HAD WOOD SHAVING OR SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTED HER ATTENTION. I AM AT MY ENDS WITS WITH THE BEHAVIOR. ANY ADVICE PLEASE!! I AM SPENDING MORE TIME IN MY CHICKEN RUN THAN IN MY CRAFT ROOM THESE DAYS