Update: hens continue to fight

[Jman45]

I made a post about how I added 3 new hens to my flock if three a few days ago. It seems like one of the original hens is still chasing them around and literally biting there feathers. But today when watching them, one of the hens fought back when being pecked at but lost and got her feather bit. And she literally bit one of the jens wings and it was stretched as she tried to run. I have a feeling after a week or two this will all be sorted out but I hate just watching them go at it. I have two separate feeders and waters in the pen now and the one hen guards both pretty much. Should I just kill or get rid of the bully hen cause it’s honestly making me mad what she’s doing. I love all of my chickens but hate seeing them all peck/ get bitten while being chased at the same time!

 

[tacothechicken]

if it's just one remaining bully I'd pull her out and lock it away in another area for a week or so to throw off her balance, then when reintroduced she'll be so focused on assuring her own position shell have less time to pick on the new girls who will hopefully have a bit more moxy to stand up to her by then, and keep from getting bullied.

 

[MROO]

I made a post about how I added 3 new hens to my flock if three a few days ago. It seems like one of the original hens is still chasing them around and literally biting there feathers. But today when watching them, one of the hens fought back when being pecked at but lost and got her feather bit. And she literally bit one of the jens wings and it was stretched as she tried to run. I have a feeling after a week or two this will all be sorted out but I hate just watching them go at it. I have two separate feeders and waters in the pen now and the one hen guards both pretty much. Should I just kill or get rid of the bully hen cause it’s honestly making me mad what she’s doing. I love all of my chickens but hate seeing them all peck/ get bitten while being chased at the same time!

Did they go straight into the coop/run with each other or did they have a chance to get acquainted through wire, first? A couple of weeks of "see-no-touch" is usually a good way to acclimate them slowly. By the time they can actually reach/hurt each other, the novelty has worn off. At that point, all you'll usually get are some pecking order squabbles. If they did get a chance to get used to each other, they may need another week or two.

 

[aart]

You have lots of space in the coop shown here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/aggressive-hen-need-help.1297649/
Might need to make an isolation area...or get some crates.

 

[Mrs. K]

Do you have mini walls, or hideouts in the run, where a bird can get out of sight of another bird? So many runs I see are just an open rectangle where as a bird can see any other bird from any position in the run.

Set up a mini wall, or a pallet, so that while eating behind it, a bird can't be seen.

 

[Fairview01]

Left alone they will work this out without our help. There was an established pecking order that was disrupted. It needs to be reestablished and removing and reintroducing chickens will only prolong the quibbling.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It's gonna take more than a week or two for everyone to accept each other. Give them time. Separate if you see aggression by a fence.