About a week ago I had two chickens that were pecked - my little rooster had a small bloody spot on his back and one of my pullet EEs had a bloody spot the size of a dime on her back. I put those two into my brooder, and they healed up nicely.
Last night my dh put the little roo back into the run with the rest of the chickens - no problems. When we put our EE in there, hoo boy. They attacked her within seconds. Another EE roo would grab onto her neck and drag her around, and there were about 5 other birds waiting to get in there and attack her too. So I put her back into the brooder.
But what do I do with her now? I can't keep her in the brooder forever, but I don't want to put her in with the other birds if they're going to attack her constantly.
We were thinking about getting ducks and keeping them in a separate coop. Do we just build our duck coop earlier than we had planned and keep her in there? Has anyone else had a problem like this?
Last night my dh put the little roo back into the run with the rest of the chickens - no problems. When we put our EE in there, hoo boy. They attacked her within seconds. Another EE roo would grab onto her neck and drag her around, and there were about 5 other birds waiting to get in there and attack her too. So I put her back into the brooder.
But what do I do with her now? I can't keep her in the brooder forever, but I don't want to put her in with the other birds if they're going to attack her constantly.
We were thinking about getting ducks and keeping them in a separate coop. Do we just build our duck coop earlier than we had planned and keep her in there? Has anyone else had a problem like this?