Pecking

[gmyers]

Help, I have a group on hens 21 weeks old. My 2 leghorns peck at the others and have them running and hiding to get away from them. What can I do to stop this?

 

[Judy]

Leghorns sometimes have that kind of personality. The basic causes are too little space, too little protein in the diet, and boredom (usually related to too little space and/or no foraging area.) For one bully, you can try separating for several days then reintroduce, which will rearrange the pecking order. I don't know whether it will work with two. Maybe you could remove one at a time. Increasing their forage space and having places to hide, as well as more than one feeder and waterer, may help as well.