Cluckmecoop7's Animal Friends!

[SA Farm]

Hi!

Thanks for the suggestion! Well, there's a problem: I let my chickens out around 8:00 or 8:30 AM. They wake up at about 6:00 AM I think. And they jump off the perch and walk around waiting. SOOOOO - They would attack Blamo in that time period. ☹

Could you cover any windows in the coop so it stays dark until you get out there? That or perhaps put Blamo in a crate or something inside the coop so they can see but not get at her?

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

They make that shaded dark tinted like plastic for car windows..it rolls back off without damage

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Thanks guys, but I don't think that would work either, @SA Farm. My coop isn't big enough to fit my crate and I can't go buy crate that will fit because of Covid 19. Any other ideas?

 

[SA Farm]

Uh...Rig a separate house/run for her next to your coop so they can be outside together but, again, not hurt her?
Take one of the other chickens from your coop to be with Blamo and once they are getting along really well, reintroduce the two of them together so they’ll have a better chance?

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Uh...Rig a separate house/run for her next to your coop so they can be outside together but, again, not hurt her?
Take one of the other chickens from your coop to be with Blamo and once they are getting along really well, reintroduce the two of them together so they’ll have a better chance?

Now that might work!!!!

But I've also heard this. (Is it true?) If you separate the bully for a week or two, (and the other chickens can't see or hear her), then you put them back in the flock, this will help the bully feel lower down in the pecking order and the bullied chicken would be up more.

I hope that wasn't too confusing.

 

[SA Farm]

I’ve heard of that, but I’ve never tried it myself, so I can’t say if it’s true or not. I’ve always only kept good temperaments in my flock as it’s a trait that matters to me when breeding. I’ve pulled the occasional bird out to put in “sick bay” but I’ve never had issues reintroducing. Perhaps I’ve just been lucky with my roosters not letting the hens get too big for their britches

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I’ve heard of that, but I’ve never tried it myself, so I can’t say if it’s true or not. I’ve always only kept good temperaments in my flock as it’s a trait that matters to me when breeding. I’ve pulled the occasional bird out to put in “sick bay” but I’ve never had issues reintroducing. Perhaps I’ve just been lucky with my roosters not letting the hens get too big for their britches

I don't have a rooster. Maybe that's what's wrong.

 

[GardnerHomestead]

Now that might work!!!!

But I've also heard this. (Is it true?) If you separate the bully for a week or two, (and the other chickens can't see or hear her), then you put them back in the flock, this will help the bully feel lower down in the pecking order and the bullied chicken would be up more.

I hope that wasn't too confusing.

I know this works with goats sometimes. I also have a rooster now and he keeps the hens in order. Since having him i dont have a problem reintroducing anymore. I hope you can get her back to her flock! i like the idea of giving her a friend then reintroducing them both together.

 

[WildBird]

I agree with the single friend idea that was posted above, or you could try the "see but don't touch" method. It's where you would put Blamo in a separate kennel for a week or two where the other chickens can see her but not pick on her, then let her back out into the flock. You could even mix the see but don't touch method with the single friend method! The see but don't touch mwthod is what I use every time to introduce new chickens or a chicken that has been away for a while. The chickens will squabble a bit at first, and that's normal, but if it comes to the point of blood then the bully has gone to far. I let mine work it out unless I see blood.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Thanks guys!

Turns out that she won't be in that flock anymore.

She will be going to a new flock! I will have two flocks! I'm raising the chicks right now!

I will give more details later.