Some help please with a bullying chixken.

[Kholbert]

Ok so I have 4, now 7 week old hens 6, 5 week chicks and 4, 4 week chicks.
I got them all as 2-3 day olds so they all grew up in the brooder inside together at different ages.
When my oldest 4 turned 5 weeks I moved the. Outside to the coop because they were getting too big and the brooder was packed.
Now I just brought all of the younger bunch out to the coop last week. It is still chilly at night so I leave a light on. The first day I let them all graze together outside and then put them all back into the coop together. Out of my older 4, 1 is a black australorp, she is the biggest out of all of my birds. Now it's been about 2 weeks since they were separated but they grew up together. She is just packing them right and left and wouldn't let them ear. I mean she was pulling out chicks of feathers.
So for 2 day I would pit them all out in the yard together in which they are fine.and keep trying them back in the coop but she continues to pull hair and keeps them all huddled in a nesting box or the corner of the coop
Now for 2 days it's been rainy and cold so the mean one I have just kept separate completely.my hope is that the little ones will get a little bigger and can protect themselves a little better.
All the rest of the birds do fine without them in there. I would get rid of her for the sake of MY flock but damn she is beautiful and sweet with me. She is just mean to the other chicks.

 

[LaFleche]

From what it looks like you have at least two cockerels. For their young age the combs are much too big and coloured:

Picture 2 - the brown one in front with white chest (speckled sussex?)
Picture 3 - the barred one

Could you take a good picture of the mentioned australorp bully?

 

[aart]

Now it's been about 2 weeks since they were separated but they grew up together.

That doesn't matter, once separated then reunited it became an integration and territory issue.
Coop looks a bit tight on space.
Please post pics of all of coop and run.

Something in here might help, tips on....
Integration Basics:
It's all about territory and resources(space/food/water).
Existing birds will almost always attack new ones to defend their resources.
Understanding chicken behaviors is essential to integrating new birds into your flock.

Confine new birds within sight but physically segregated from older/existing birds for several weeks, so they can see and get used to each other but not physically interact.

In adjacent runs, spread scratch grains along the dividing mesh, best if mesh is just big enough for birds to stick their head thru, so they get used to eating together.

The more space, the better. Birds will peck to establish dominance, the pecked bird needs space to get away. As long as there's no copious blood drawn and/or new bird is not trapped/pinned down and beaten unmercilessly, let them work it out. Every time you interfere or remove new birds, they'll have to start the pecking order thing all over again.

Multiple feed/water stations. Dominance issues are most often carried out over sustenance, more stations lessens the frequency of that issue.

Places for the new birds to hide 'out of line of sight'(but not a dead end trap) and/or up and away from any bully birds. Roosts, pallets or boards leaned up against walls or up on concrete blocks, old chairs tables, branches, logs, stumps out in the run can really help. Lots of diversion and places to 'hide' instead of bare wide open run.
Good ideas for hiding places:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-cluttered-run.1323792/

 

[Kholbert]

When I bought the coop it said for 10 Chickens I have 14 now. I won't let them out when I'm not outside with them being smaller I am afraid a hawk will eat them. But on nice days I let them out for at least 2-3 hours a day. I figured at least 4 or more would be roosters and I could get rid of them. To make more space.
Unfortunately I have really gotten attached to the ones I think are male. And the mean ones are both females I think. I will take some more pictures and post them in a little bit.

 

[Kholbert]

Pics of the larger ones. The 2 in the first pic are the meaner ones. When I remove these 2 all of the rest integrate just fine. When they are all together it seems they all just smash up into the nesting boxes.

 

[Kholbert]

From what it looks like you have at least two cockerels. For their young age the combs are much too big and coloured:

Picture 2 - the brown one in front with white chest (speckled sussex?)
Picture 3 - the barred one

Could you take a good picture of the mentioned australorp bully?

 

[Kholbert]

That's her any help with the sex of the large ones would be great. Because I am unsure

 

[Mrs. K]

Turn the light out and build a fence, cover the fence to protect them from hawks. Letting them out for a couple of hours is not enough. They are way too cooped up, you won't have to worry about a hawk getting them, they will start killing the victims themselves for more room. They are telling you as loud as they can, they do not have enough fresh air, or space.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Chickens naturally want to spend time outside as much as possible. If you cannot free range due to predators/restrictions you need to build a run for them to use, and they should be allowed full access to it during daylight hours.

Also I do not allow my chickens to sleep in nest boxes. I would block those off for now.

 

[Kholbert]

Chickens naturally want to spend time outside as much as possible. If you cannot free range due to predators/restrictions you need to build a run for them to use, and they should be allowed full access to it during daylight hours.

Also I do not allow my chickens to sleep in nest boxes. I would block those off for now.

This is my first time having chickens.
I was planning to cover the area. We just got the fence up around the coop last week. I didn't realize at 7 weeks and 5 and 4 weeks they needed that muxh time outside. I have hear a lot of people say they don't move them from the brooder until 8 weeks.
I will put a rush on getting the cover fence for the area put up