Seed223
Songster
We have 6 chickens in our backyard coop (we have 2 more from the same flock that had to be separated due to a raccoon injury and they haven’t been fully re-introduced yet). They are all between 11-14 weeks old (roughly). For the most part the girls have been pretty mellow around each other up until recently. When we had the raccoon attack 3 weeks ago one of our chickens died - it happened to be one that hatched with the little gal who’s being bullied now. She and Easter Egger and goes into the coop early at night before the other girls. Tonight I heard squawks coming from inside the coop. Our australorp had her pinned on the side of the roosting bar and was pecking at her head and neck. I swatted at her to stop and eventually the other hens came over and pushed her into the middle of the roosting bar, then it seemed to be calm and they started to wind down for the night. I haven’t seen feathers missing (I’ll need to look more closely tomorrow) but I have noticed that she tends to be by herself quite a bit. The two birds that are separated due to the attack are both Isa Browns and pretty calm overall. Should I bring the Easter Egger in to be with them while I’m trying to re-integrate them into the flock? We have another 8 chicks (2 weeks old) that we will be introducing in about a month or so, not sure if that will help or make things worse though. I would greatly appreciate any insight!!