i have a problem girl. She is a 3-year old Mille Fleur D'Uccle, and doesn't know how to play nice. i would have rehomed her as a child, as she was a pain then. But as she was trying to get through some hardware cloth to get to some younger chicks, she broke her toe. The vet i had at the time (who is not the vet i have now) did a poor job setting it, so now her whole right leg is twisted. i assumed no one would want a lame chicken, so kept her.
The problem is, she is really mean when she discovers that another chicken is afraid of her. She doesn't just do the pecking order thing, she relentlessly torments any other bird she has dominance over. i've switched her between pens three times now. The second pen, she pecked a hole in the head of a silkie who would not get off the nest. Luckily, that silkie survived. This last pen was with my oldest bantams. For quite a while, she was bottom of the totem pole. But recently, one of the hens submitted to her. So she has decided to chase and jump on this poor hen nonstop. Now she's in the house in a hutch. i'm not willing to put her in any of my other pens, as i don't want anyone hurt. i don't want to rehome her and stick someone else with the problem. i'm at a loss. Not sure there is any solution other than having her live in the house forever. i guess i just needed to vent. Here is the little miscreant:
The problem is, she is really mean when she discovers that another chicken is afraid of her. She doesn't just do the pecking order thing, she relentlessly torments any other bird she has dominance over. i've switched her between pens three times now. The second pen, she pecked a hole in the head of a silkie who would not get off the nest. Luckily, that silkie survived. This last pen was with my oldest bantams. For quite a while, she was bottom of the totem pole. But recently, one of the hens submitted to her. So she has decided to chase and jump on this poor hen nonstop. Now she's in the house in a hutch. i'm not willing to put her in any of my other pens, as i don't want anyone hurt. i don't want to rehome her and stick someone else with the problem. i'm at a loss. Not sure there is any solution other than having her live in the house forever. i guess i just needed to vent. Here is the little miscreant: