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Hi Everyone,
I'm a longtime lurker. Thank you so much for all of the great information. I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem. I have 4 hens that are a bit more than a year old. I have had them all together since they were chicks All has been very peaceful until a couple of months ago. My most dominant hen started attacking one of the others. She gets on top of her and pecks at her head. Feathers go flying. It's awful. I separated the dominant hen from the others for a few days to see if I could change the pecking order. That didn't work, in fact the others started pecking at her too. They were not as aggressive as the dominant hen. I looked at the picked on hen and I don't see anything wrong with her. No mites or anything. I was forced to split my coop in two. I have 3 on one side and 1 on the other. All of the hens are good layers so I don't want to have to find a home for this one if I can help it. My dominant hen still gives her target the "eye" through the separation. I know if I put them together again she would attack. I feel bad for the picked on hen. She paces the fence all day long because she wants to be with the others.
Thanks in advance,
Jennifer
I'm a longtime lurker. Thank you so much for all of the great information. I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem. I have 4 hens that are a bit more than a year old. I have had them all together since they were chicks All has been very peaceful until a couple of months ago. My most dominant hen started attacking one of the others. She gets on top of her and pecks at her head. Feathers go flying. It's awful. I separated the dominant hen from the others for a few days to see if I could change the pecking order. That didn't work, in fact the others started pecking at her too. They were not as aggressive as the dominant hen. I looked at the picked on hen and I don't see anything wrong with her. No mites or anything. I was forced to split my coop in two. I have 3 on one side and 1 on the other. All of the hens are good layers so I don't want to have to find a home for this one if I can help it. My dominant hen still gives her target the "eye" through the separation. I know if I put them together again she would attack. I feel bad for the picked on hen. She paces the fence all day long because she wants to be with the others.
Thanks in advance,
Jennifer