Reintroducing after attack

[SammyJo425]

I have 5 hens in an 8x9 run. They were raised together since 2 days old, in April they will be 3 years old.

A few weeks ago one of them started to through a hard molt. It’s not the first time one of them have molted. I’ve never had any issues. But this time they attacked her so bad, her wings and back were bloody.

I brought her inside, cleaned her up and when she was healed and her feathers grew back (not fully but enough that no skin was exposed, I didn’t want her separated too long)

So it’s been a few weeks and I put her inside the coop at night when everyone was sleeping. I checked on them in the morning when they first came out into the run. Everything seemed fine so I went in to feed my son breakfast and when I came back out she was bleeding and she ran to me. I grabbed her and brought her back inside, gave her food water and cleaned her up.

Now I have a lone chicken in my house and I can’t keep her in the house. I don’t have a large enough yard to build a separate section for her. What do I do? Rehome her? It seems like there trying to kill her and I don’t understand why

 

[rosemarythyme]

I know some people believe in introducing birds by just putting them in at night, but especially with a small flock in a smaller set up, I don't think that's the best approach.

Since she was fully separated she'll need to be reintegrated as if she was brand new. So see but no touch for at least a week, a cluttered up run if it's not already cluttered, maybe buddy her up with the gentlest bird in the batch so she has a friend to re-enter the group with.