SoCalClucker
Chirping
- Jun 21, 2017
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Our flock of 8 had an RIR as the alpha for years and she was a calm, protective leader. She then passed, and an Australorp has stepped up and is creating a Reign of Terror. It's been well over a month now, but she still feels the need to assert herself by abusing the other girls. She still picks fights, kicked a laying hen out of the nesting box today so she could lay there, and regularly pecks at the other girls for no reason. You'll laugh at me but I swear the mood in the run is unsettled! One cuckoo maran seems to get it the worst, and is practically bald on her back, right in front of her tail. It definitely looks like physical damage. A few of the other girls have broken and pecked feathers in that area too, but not nearly as badly. I dabbed some Blu-Kote on the cuckoo today, hoping it would help, but is there anything else I can do? DH is not above "disappearing" her. If she keeps this up, I just might not try to talk him out of it. What a mean girl!