Marble, the lowest ranking hen of my flock has a nasty bleeding wound near the tail. I think it's from being pecked and the other hens keep pecking the wound.
So I caught her and put her in a separate cage. At first I put the cage out of sight from the coop and run but Marble was very nervous and stressed. I put it back into the run next to the coop at sunset. She realized where she was and almost broke her neck trying to get out of the cage and into the coop. Only stopped when I covered the cage with a piece of tarp. Question: What is less stress for her, being in a cage in sight of the others or being away from them?
So I caught her and put her in a separate cage. At first I put the cage out of sight from the coop and run but Marble was very nervous and stressed. I put it back into the run next to the coop at sunset. She realized where she was and almost broke her neck trying to get out of the cage and into the coop. Only stopped when I covered the cage with a piece of tarp. Question: What is less stress for her, being in a cage in sight of the others or being away from them?
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