New and joined flock pecking

Here is the inside of my coop. Had to take the picture tonight with help from a headlamp.
 

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I just got into chickens with a new coop (6X4 with 4x8 run, extending Friday to 14x4 run) and took in 2 Rhode islands, 2 black sexlinks. Two days later we got 3 isa Browns? All birds are laying and around a year old. The Rhodes started pecking and chasing the isa Browns and now the black sexlinks are joining in too.... I have noticed tonight that the isa Browns aren't roosting in the coop with the other 4....

If all your birds are already a year or more old I doubt that they will ever sing Kumbaya in perfect harmony. However Rome wasn't built in a day, and what you have described is 100% right in line with normal chicken behavior, especially the bedtime aggression. BYW, when we try to coordinate a flock of chickens by ignoring things like color, strain, or underlying personalities, problems like your's are common.
 

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