What would you guys do? im so torn :(

[redhen]

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Good idea! Just keep a close eye for a few days... make sure that shes eating and not getting pecked to the point of real danger....
But i bet they will scuffle for a bit and be fine...

When you put her back in the coop..do it at NIGHT..when they are all sleeping/roosting.... just put her up on the roost beside them....
when they wake up in the morning..they might not even notice her right away....

 

[Dora'smom]

Good luck. I hope it works out for you. It took a lot of work integrating and chicken jail time for my big girls to sort things out. My adorable little Dora (EE) would actually crouch down and hide her little head (bloodied) in a hole by the foundation of the run, she was so traumatized.
I think that trying to reintegrate at night is a great idea, and so is getting another silkie for Pearl. The other birds may be her size now, but they will be bigger than her as time goes by. Having two similar "different" birds may make for more harmony in the coop and run. (And who doesn't need another Silkie?

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[aubreynoramarie]

Dora'smom :

Good luck. I hope it works out for you. It took a lot of work integrating and chicken jail time for my big girls to sort things out. My adorable little Dora (EE) would actually crouch down and hide her little head (bloodied) in a hole by the foundation of the run, she was so traumatized.
I think that trying to reintegrate at night is a great idea, and so is getting another silkie for Pearl. The other birds may be her size now, but they will be bigger than her as time goes by. Having two similar "different" birds may make for more harmony in the coop and run. (And who doesn't need another Silkie?

)

I do plan on raising lavender silkies, but it will be MONTHS before the one i choose to keep is big enough for integration. and even then, i got agnes thinking darla was out, so another silkie would make five hens, gosh i really can only hold three, four is pushing it now (luckily theyre still small, seven to 14 weeks...and darla is the youngest!). maybe i can buy a little rabbit house or something for the backyard that pearl and a frind can live in....*sigh* i just dont know, haha, i never woulda thought id have chicken drama!​

 

[easttxchick]

As long as you have chickens, there will be chicken drama-but it's worth it.

 

[PoultryPedia]

I have had pretty strong hen harassment that never abated much with a couple hens.

A chicken saddle on a picked-on hen will help if dominant hens often peck her back.

You can also take a nail file and round off the sharp point of beaks of dominant hens, but not those lower down the pecking order. This can help reduce lower hens' fear and increase confidence.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

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wow, doesnt that hurt? chicken saddles sound funny. i shall look into that if the re-introduction goes awry

 

[PoultryPedia]

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wow, doesnt that hurt?

Like horse hooves and kind of like our fingernails, beaks have a sensitive "quick"-type center area, and non-sensitive edges.

If you look inside a beak, you can kind of see where the more colored sensitive area ends. It is okay to file the edges beyond that area. You can even snip the end off a beak if it's really long and overgrown.

 

[cobrien]

if there is fighting going near the feeder and waterer, it can help to put a few more in so that the lowest hens aren't always driven away by the top hens.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

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good idea
and speckledhills if things get bad i may p.m. you for further instruction!

 

[sourland]

Am I all alone or does anyone else think that Pearl looks somewhat like a cockerel?