Chickmama0509
Hatching
- Jul 14, 2023
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HELP Please!!! I have a Pullet (hatched in April) we introduced her and 3 other pullets into our flock of 7. We took it slow by cornering off an area for them to be in with the older hens but safely away from interacting. After 2 weeks we started to let them interact, and stay with them in the roost at night. Everything was going great.
Then on Monday the runt(we call her the nervous nelly) was attacked to the point her comb was a bloody mess. I doctored her up kept her alone for 2 days to heal. Then yesterday tried to put her back in with the other girls. There are 3 hens who went right on the attack. They are currently in chicken jail. But this little Pullet just continues to hide. I keep checking on her and it looks like she’s dead but isn’t. She’s more calm when I’m in there or when she comes on to the back porch with us. The pullets are just a little smaller than our hens. But maybe we did it too soon.
She’s in training to be a therapy chicken so she’s been handled A LOT. I want her to socialize with the other girls. She panics and hides as soon as we walk away.
Our coop and roost is built to home 20 chickens, we have a total of 11 (including Sami who’s a Salmon Faverolle that’s a traumatized girl, I know it’s spelt wrong lol).
If anyone has any suggestions I’d greatly appreciate it. Culling her or other chickens isn’t an option. We can have space to separate in the run but the coop would be challenging. Can anyone extend some wisdom??
Then on Monday the runt(we call her the nervous nelly) was attacked to the point her comb was a bloody mess. I doctored her up kept her alone for 2 days to heal. Then yesterday tried to put her back in with the other girls. There are 3 hens who went right on the attack. They are currently in chicken jail. But this little Pullet just continues to hide. I keep checking on her and it looks like she’s dead but isn’t. She’s more calm when I’m in there or when she comes on to the back porch with us. The pullets are just a little smaller than our hens. But maybe we did it too soon.
She’s in training to be a therapy chicken so she’s been handled A LOT. I want her to socialize with the other girls. She panics and hides as soon as we walk away.
Our coop and roost is built to home 20 chickens, we have a total of 11 (including Sami who’s a Salmon Faverolle that’s a traumatized girl, I know it’s spelt wrong lol).
If anyone has any suggestions I’d greatly appreciate it. Culling her or other chickens isn’t an option. We can have space to separate in the run but the coop would be challenging. Can anyone extend some wisdom??