Someone save me

[Will the chicken guy]

Can you let them outside?
All this poor health and meanness sounds like it could be related to boredom and conditions.

I’m up in Canada and it is incredibly cold here so no.

 

[Will the chicken guy]

Is the light on at night? My chickens need it pitch black or they constantly peck each other at night.

Yes everything is on timers

 

[Aunt Angus]

The pics help. She can def heal if you follow the advice given.

Man, I am so sorry things have been rough. There are times I feel like giving up, but I can't. And eventually things start humming along again. And I personally think the weather has a lot to do with all of this: the birds' boredom, the way maintenance gets 1000x harder when it's snowing/raining, our energy levels, etc.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

thick layer of pain free Neosporin, or other Antibacterial ointment.

To be clear: the ointment you use should NOT have pain-relieving medication in it.

Is the light on at night?

 

[Weeg]

To be clear: the ointment you use should NOT have pain-relieving medication in it.

Is the light on at night?

Thank you for correcting this, the above information is what I was trying to say, but my delivery was't clear. Thanks @BigBlueHen53

 

[Will the chicken guy]

To be clear: the ointment you use should NOT have pain-relieving medication in it.

Is the light on at night?

The medication is not pain relieving. It’s a healing salve. The lights are turned off at night. But she was beaten up during the day as she was fine for morning check but when I went out at lunch she was hurt

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The medication is not pain relieving. It’s a healing salve. The lights are turned off at night. But she was beaten up during the day as she was fine for morning check but when I went out at lunch she was hurt

Thanks, that all helps. Do you know who hurt her?

 

[Will the chicken guy]

Thanks, that all helps. Do you know who hurt her?

Yes. My older hen. This hens mother actually. I got 4 rosecomb bantams 2 years ago from an old friend. Since then, one female broke her leg as it got caught in a cage that wasn’t properly fixed. I raised many chicks off my remaining hen and males. Then I was left with 2 males and a female, since then both males were re-homed. I wasn’t planning on keeping this female but I did anyway. I had my main breeding group that consisted of 4 pullets (2021 hatch) My pullets stopped laying. And I wanted chicks off my better male. So I moved the older female into the large group with the good male. And put another pullet in with my spare male (where my old hen was). Wrong decision. I did notice some bickering which was normal behaviour. Just getting the pecking order in place. 2 days went by and all hens stopped laying, I noticed a few missing feathers on the pullets but no blood or anything. Then on the third day I went out to find her like that, I immediately moved her seperate and put my groups back to how they were originally. The other 3 pullets together. The mean hen with a spare male.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Can you put the bully hen in a crate for a few nights to reset the pecking order?

 

[Tookie]

You could try to spray the bully with a water gun every time she goes after another hen, chickens hate water!