Just when I thought they'd all get along well. I have a young ancona bantam chicken who has just started laying (well she's been laying for about a month). A broody hen of mine hatched and raised her, and she was eventually accepted into the flock.
Full thread on this here - https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/708502/first-time-hatching-eggs-with-broody-hen/30#post_10979336
Just recently I've found she's started to chase the mum hen and peck her savagely. Yesterday morning I found her comb bleeding, and she was trying to hide her head. So I put the young chicken in solitary confinement (locked her in the chicken tractor) for the day and made the injured chicken sleep separately in the garden shed last night.
I don't know why this is happening. Usually they can sleep right next to each other and not have a problem. The ancona chicken does attack the color red though (I was wearing a red shirt once and she tried to eat it) and the color of blood might have set her off. I'm keeping her separated until the injured chicken has completely healed.
Is there anything I can do to make them get along again?
Full thread on this here - https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/708502/first-time-hatching-eggs-with-broody-hen/30#post_10979336
Just recently I've found she's started to chase the mum hen and peck her savagely. Yesterday morning I found her comb bleeding, and she was trying to hide her head. So I put the young chicken in solitary confinement (locked her in the chicken tractor) for the day and made the injured chicken sleep separately in the garden shed last night.
I don't know why this is happening. Usually they can sleep right next to each other and not have a problem. The ancona chicken does attack the color red though (I was wearing a red shirt once and she tried to eat it) and the color of blood might have set her off. I'm keeping her separated until the injured chicken has completely healed.
Is there anything I can do to make them get along again?