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Chirping
We have six chickens, probably nearly two months by now. We orginally had two chicks who were growing slower and separated them. A few days ago, one of the bigger yellow chicks were put with the two littler ones while she recovered from an injury given by a meaner chicken we called Pecky, although she passed. Anyways, one of the little girls started acting lethargic and died. Since the bigger yellow one was healed and the little brown grew a little more, we put the two in with the bigger chicks. The big yellow one adjusted more quickly since she's the same size and was able to fight for herself; but the little one isn't really adjusting and getting picked on. She isn't extremely smaller, but it's a big enough difference and it doesn't help that she's been separated with the other little one that died for weeks. Anytime she gets pecked at, she runs back to the bigger yellow one and it just breaks my heart. Tomorrow, we are receiving three or four more chicks that are one to two months in age to replace the ones that we lost. Any advice on how to help them all adjust and stop with the bullying?