What To Do With a Picked on Chicken

What do you do when one of your chickens starts to get picked on? In every flock of chickens there is a pecking order and sometimes the weaker smaller birds will start to get bullied, mean old chickens. We have not had an issues with this until just recently when we started noticing a lot of feathers scattered around the run and coop.
I started to investigate a few days ago and witnessed one of the larger chickens chasing the smallest one around and literally pull its feathers right out! Not just one at a time but bunches at once. I hoped that it would just lay low and heal up and all would be well in the SSL flock. I could not have been more wrong, by the next day there were more feathers and more bald spots on the hen.
I was starting to get concerned especially since it is winter here in Michigan and temps were dropping into the teens at night. Each day I would check on the hen and see that it had bunkered down in one of the nesting boxes basically hiding from the rest of the chickens. I tried to feed it some scraps of food and gave it water.
Last night I went out to put the chickens in for the night and I opened the box to check on it and noticed blood all over the tail and wings. It was time to do something to help this little egg producer.
After some research and based off of what I have seen once the flock draws blood they will not stop until the hen is dead. There is something about the look or smell of blood to them that makes it irresistible and they will actually eat the chicken alive basically. Now, I know what some of your are thinking, take it to get slaughtered or put it out of it's misery. Well, no, not going o happen here. Number one I live with 4 girls in this house and if I wanted to continue to sleep inside I don't think that is an option. Number 2, the meat is no good at this age and this chicken still has a year or two of egg production left so I want to save our investment. And, oh yeah, I don't like to see the little runt chicken suffering!
At this point the only thing you can do is separate the chicken from the flock in some way. In our case, the easiest thing to do is to bring it inside our basement or garage and let it heal up. I had and old dog crate that will work just perfectly. Since our garage is a mess right now the basement seems like the logical choice.
Is it weird that I now have a pet chicken in the house? Then answer is, yes! But, it is nice to be able to go down and collect an egg without having to go out in the cold so there is that to think about. Maybe I should move the coop inside too! Don't tell my wife that I said that or seriously, it will happen.
I will give an update on this little hen down the road after a full recovery. My only further concern is will it happen again? I may have to separate the bullying chickens for awhile when I reintroduce this one but either way I will take you along and let you know how it turns out. Good luck to all you chicken owners out there and as always let me know if I can help anyone out there in anyway. Have a good one!
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[@queenith2]

I know its probably a little late for this advice, but maybe for other viewers. If one chicken is being a bully, remove the bully, not the bullied. Removing a hen from the flock for a couple of days will make her lose her status, as typically only higher ranking hens do the bullying. This will also give the bullied hens time to recover and build some confidence.

[@ANGELMOON4217]

this seems to work good for me. I took out the bully and she still is a bit aggressive when I go in to feed her but the one being bullied seems to be doing MUCH better. I use to remove the one being bullied and that didn't work as good, as she got lonely and got worse.

[@familyobringer8299]

well, it's kind of the bullied chicken fault though. Mine is so broody that they peck her out of the nesting box.

[@soggymilquetoast]

queenith2 we couldn’t pin point the bully so we just took out the hen getting bullied

[@Webinthewoodsfarm]

What if the bully is the flicks protection.. the rooster??

[@queenith2]

@@Webinthewoodsfarm a rooster is bullying a hen? that's odd, if its sexual bullying you can put a saddle on her, other than that maybe try getting new hens so he can spread his time more evenly, expanding their coop and run so they don't have to be close to each other, giving them more things to do, putting objects in their coop and run she can hide in

[@FatemahIsOkay]

I absolutely LOVED this video !! Mercy towards the weak that can not defend themselves or express their sufferings is just amazing ! Thank you ! I hope she can get better !

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Fatemah IsOkay المطبخ المغربي و العالمي‎ Thanks! I think she will end up being the fattest one with my family taking care of her:)

[@kahnaemery7767]

When I saw the way you 'built a santuary' for the hen-pecked chicken it warmed my heart. What kindness; it's so good to see! If I was in the same boat that's what I would do. The scripture is true, Prov. 12:10; I just read it this morning. Thank you for showing what kindness to our 'beasts' looks like.

[@husqv5147]

Bless you for helping that sweet Lady in her time of need!

[@gailholland494]

your chickens are so blessed to have you and your family to look after them! I love my chickens too and thanks for all the great advice I get from you.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Gail Holland Thanks! Those feathery egg layers have been good to us so it only seems right to take care of them best we can.

[@prototype3344]

@@SSLFamilyDad I know it's old but do u eat ur chickens

[@doriewoodward7608]

me too love them chickens

[@reginagarvey7994]

I love how you used the cardboard to make the chicken coop.

[@veronicalongwith2378]

to stop a bleeding feather, pull the feather out by the root. it will stop the bleeding immediately and the feather will regrow. I used to raise exotic birds and had to deal with blood feathers occasionally. hope this helps with your sweet girl.

[@sis51613]

I SO appreciate this video so much. Even more so that you’ve created a playlist, considering this is 7 years ago and i see you’re a very active creator. Everything I’m looking up is talking about plucking a dead chicken for a dinner. Jeesh. I’m currently in the exact boat right now 3:49 I’ve never done this either! I hope it’s just from the tractor being so small. They’ve always left Ida alone in their run and coop.

[@deborahswinson2903]

A great way to help with this problem is at the first sign of picking to use tea tree oil. I mix olive oil and tee tree oil in a spray bottle. Then as soon as you see the picked chicken you liberally spray the area. It works two fold- one it heals and the other is it repells the others as they don't like the smell or taste. This only works if you see it right away and don't wait until they are as bad as your poor hen ended up. I know if they are hiding out it's hard to spot them. I love your channel. I just found it today while searching for raised beds from pallets.

[@Kristac928]

Great video - I like your pen set up. It reminds me that I have to get our dog crate back from out son lol. Once our hen's began laying we had a hen that seemed to get picked on a bit - she is THE sweetest barred rock and was also the first to lay eggs. I decided to give them a bit of distraction by having things for them "to do". I hang a head of cabbage in their run periodically and have a flock block for them to play with. I also make sure I give table scraps in two separate bowls with Sherman's table scraps well away from the rest of the flock. We have opened one side of their pen to the garden area and my husband used the snow blower to clear areas for them to run and peck the ground. Our sweet barred rock stopped getting picked on! We'll keep a closer eye on them when their a bit older, however. (Their 9 months now). Keep up the good work! Blessings to you and your family! Joshua 1:8-9

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Those are some great ideas and I think that would help us here as well. Thanks!!

[@billnotice9957]

Good work. Most farmers simply harvest the young bird and call it day! If you step away from your emotions harvesting makes sense. But, I am with you. I want to save the bird.

[@danhamakua9757]

Poor little bullied chicken. Thanks for spotting the problem and doing something to stop it. Youre a responsible chicken keeper. Hopefully after she heals she can be reintroduced into the flock.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+dan Hamakua Thanks Dan, I hope she will be able to get back out to the flock. I might have to put the bullies in time out for a while when I get her back out there.

[@licro7575]

My chicken recently got attacked by my rabbit and all the damage he's done the other chickens made it worse and this video helped me

[@heatherreis7839]

what are some things you have done since this video to prevent feather picking from happening? i started noticing that one of my hens is getting her feathers pulled out by 2 others and im thinking of putting those peeper things on them to prevent it.

[@joemAwesomeMan]

THANK YOU!! I was looking everywhere for this help! :)

[@momk3666]

But how do you reintroduce her to the flock? I have a white crested black polish that haw been rejected by the flock. Do I need to build her a separate coop and run? What is. your advice?

[@familyobringer8299]

one of my chickens, Apollo, literally had no feathers on her back. Then I looked on Amazon for a chicken saddle and this grew the feathers back on her back, but now they peck her wing. What do I do?

[@DianaMAvila-sf1rm]

I have 6 chickens and one of them is getting pecked and now I'm trying to let her have friends but they still don't accept her.so what do I do?bye the way I'm only ten and my parents let me have chickens because they only want some eggs, chickens name is Hellen.thanks for reading this comment liked your videos.

[@estherjojo8793]

Breaks my heart... poor baby girl!

[@DianaMAvila-sf1rm]

Esther Johnson I know right😢

[@winterszhuzhupets2]

Why is it sad we eat chicken

[@jewelhaines8842]

God bless you for caring for this little life. I wish everyone was like this towards All Animals. ❤

[@jewelhaines8842]

@@btd7664 Careful...your ignorance is showing. 😒

[@jewelhaines8842]

@@btd7664 I DID check my so called " ignorance". I think it's more ignorant to eat dead flesh. It's also disgusting. I wouldn't be bragging about killing Animals if I were you.😒

[@pkirby08]

Hope your chicken has a full recovery!

[@Kruppt808]

Does this happen even with a rooster in the flock?

[@katiegrazier4091]

Poor baby, praying she heals quickly.

[@KeepingItDutch]

You can treat her with Blu kote or wound kote, she will be stronger then every when she heals up.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Farnsworth Farms I hadn't heard of that, might have to give it a try, thanks!

[@KeepingItDutch]

+SSLFamilyDad yeah its great stuff, I've used it on my hens

[@lem0ncakesss632]

Keeping It Dutch were can you get it? Mines been pecked to the skin on the neck. And i have no clue how to not let it get infected.

[@darlaann1610]

Im Edgy But Im Fine. You can try tractor supply. I know you can order from amazon. It stains blue so careful where you spray.

[@chrisy.2769]

Blue Kote is bad stuff. Read the caution statement on that crap. It actually has cancer causing ingredients in it. Don't ever use that on your animals!

[@XIxCaptainKRulLT]

This will be helpful in the future! We have 12 Chickens, but they're still fairly young (7 months old). This guide will help out if this starts to happen to our smallest Chicken!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Smasher LTIMT From what I have read it seems to start happening about 18-24 months and that is right where these birds are right now.

[@XIxCaptainKRulLT]

+SSLFamilyDad Ok. Thank you for letting me know. That gives us enough time to get prepared for it.

[@hayz_toonz3951]

hey my pet chicken was pecked on the the head by another chicken and we think it was paralyzed but we think it was either a disease or the head wound we have had it in a box and had been using a eye dropper to give it water its still alive and i have been doing research to see how we can help it the head wound is not really that deep and its not bleeding

[@pileworks8456]

Great verse at the end -- nice to see a bit of Christian teaching in farm care. Well done!

[@agathadolan362]

Poor poor hen! Thank u for taking her away from the others. Hope they don’t pick on her so badly anymore

[@vickyiliaens1000]

o god when you opened that nestingbox , there she hid and she even spoke to you with big sadness and feeling so alone , she was really telling you " this happens and then I got that and I have no friends ! " when you took her in , look how happy she was and she went to eat so fast !! nice job !!!! this is how it should !! bless you :)

[@williamodonovan4895]

Great video ty some thing for me to look out for once i get my chickens

[@epistemicMaverick]

How many days did you keep the chicken isolated for? Also, did you get eggs during this time? My hen has been isolated for 3 days now and has not been producing (I suppose this is expected due to the stress)

[@andrewwilks2147]

Thank you very much for this video! Though we eat chickens, they all are living creatures to that deserve respect up until the time they are slaughtered and eaten. I just got back from a friends house and they got to talking about the pecking of chickens that are ill. I mentioned that they are living creatures and they should not peck at ill chicken. They just said the chickens need culled so no chickens end up starving and that its natures way and Gods way. I argued against what they said and they just said oh thats the way it is. Of course my one friend here is being controlled and swayed by a so called boyfriend who claims to be religious while being very ignorant and rude with her company at same time and him not liking animals either. she loves animals he does not. As far as slaughtering of chickens to be eaten, it should be done humanely and as long as all chickens live, they should all be treated with respect and if a chicken gets ill and picked on, then chicken gets nursed back to health as opposed to being picked on and pecked at. Thanks again for sharing of this video and I loved it! Especially after these friends saying these mean and nasty things about ill chickens excusing the picking and pecking.

[@pamelalopez8981]

Thank you this really helped

[@MrSovrin]

Wow that a really good idea. I have the next bigger size crate that my dog doesn't use anymore! I don't have any chicken pick'n going on but I'll have to remember that if I get more chicks or something that crate would be perfect. Thanks for the video.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Daniel Glascock We were just commenting that it would work great as a brooder box as well. We might get more chickens this spring so we may try that out.

[@gabbycassero198]

Now I have 7 baby chics and they all went after the youngest so now the youngest baby chick has a huge wound on her head. What do I do? Do I put anything on the wound? Please tell me. I have already separated the youngest from the others.

[@pcuser80]

Great video I hope she gets better fast. This reminds me of kids bullied at school. Lets her grow big and put her back then she can show the flock who is the boss ;)

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+pcuser80 lol, exactly! I am going to show her Karate Kid a couple of times also for some ninja training:)

[@mohamedfarook7066]

Could you please share me the medicines to cure. Facing the same issue at my end. Thanks in advance

[@shartne]

In a month or so she will be a lot better. I hope you show her recovery.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+shartne I sure will, I am hoping for a 2 month or shorter recovery but I guess it doesn't matter how long it takes. Until then, we have a pet chicken:)

[@Charlie-wq1gi]

Great Job! Hope all goes well.

[@OrchidandKitties]

ah, thank you for doing so.It looks very bad.I got same problem but not this bad.right now I'm keeping one hen indoor because she got tumor on her belly.doctor says she is not going to live too long.

[@BenjasUberHobby]

Hope she gets better :) Good Luck :)

[@tulsaTMR]

Great Episode man. I was really critical of you many months back about a cast iron skillet episode you did. My apologies, I came off rude and terse. I built a coop with 3 hens based off your design. It was really the first thing I've ever built. It's awesome! I'd love to share the pictures of the coop with you. Do you have a Facebook group? If not you should!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

No problem at all and we would love to see pictures! Www.facebook.com/simplesuburbanliving. Congrats on the coop and I'll see ya on facebook!

[@blaquewildfire]

I have two chooks that have been bullied I isolated them from the rest of the flock and used ground coffee to stop the bleeding and they are the two smallest chooks I have out of the 8 chooks I have all female my poor babies gave them food and water and looks like they haven't eaten due to the bullying I always feed them regularly and never saw any wounds or blood yesterday so I was literally shocked when I saw them hurt

[@WhiteStoneAcres]

Poor lil girl! I hope she gets better soon.

[@Charlotte_TSilva]

Thank you so much for caring and loving this little creature. She'll be fine once she heals and gains some weight. Slowly introduce her back into the coop. Blessings to you, your family and all your animals.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+navygirlchula I am hoping she will be ok when we reintroduce her. I will show that in a video as well since I am sure I am bound to learn a few tings along the process. God bless.

[@BenjasUberHobby]

How is you little hen doing? Do you have an update for us or has it just not been enough time?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Benja's Uber 1337 Hobby Will do an update in about a week or two when I start to reintroduce her back to the flock. She is doing great with almost all of her feathers regrown and looking fat!

[@BenjasUberHobby]

+SSLFamilyDad Cool that is great to hear :)

[@oosta78]

How long did it take for Mary to regrow her tail feathers and get back into good condition I’m having a similar issue atm

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+oosta78 about 30-45 days she was looking great!

[@cj597]

Separating them away from the flock is the worst thing you could possibly do. You should leave the dog kennel in the run during the day and coop at night, when it comes down to releasing her back with them it’ll be much smoother than taking two weeks on integration, which is especially hard with just one chicken. They usually bully each other for a reason, boredom, lack of space and roosting room, the hen is ill or they’re not getting the right feed, or you have a weird looking breed, in that case, you should have another small flock for that breed or get rid, Ive found breed specific bullying is very rare however.

[@margieway7179]

I love the scripture! The birdy is un the right hands... 😊

[@mattshark100]

your such a good chicken owner

[@toxickissez20able]

One of my Barred Rock girls are picking on my Easter egger girls. Nobody else just that breed. I tried separating her from the flock to knock her down the pecking order but after being reintroduced 2 days later she was at it again. I even got a rooster to try and help deter her but he's no help lol. We are building a personal A frame coop and run for the barred rocks to live in. Going to have to get a couple chickens to replace them in the big coop.

[@engrtobe]

Pick-No-More Lotion has worked well with my chicks. You liberally cover the wound with it and when the other chickens peck it they get some of the solution on their beaks. Don't know what's in it but they Do Not like it. They start wiping their beaks and pecking, for the most part, stops. Lotion also helps the wound heal.

[@M3I0n_Me]

We did the same, except we built a little. Cage inside the coop so they can get along

[@adrianmorris3772]

Thought the proverb at the end was a nice touch. Best wishes from Adrian in Sheffield England 😀

[@gapey]

Oh no poor girl. :( Good to see her eating and drinking well. Hope she has a quick recovery.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Feathers are already growing bavk!

[@gapey]

+SSLFamilyDad Awesome! That's great to hear.

[@davidgriffin7371]

My grandfather's put table salt in their water. Just enough u can taste it. As long as it's bleeding they will peck. Coop maybe over crowded

[@jimpokorny4598]

You need to put Chicken Glasses on the other chickens doing the pecking. They are called Pinless Peepers made of plastic they attach to the upper beak.

[@limekoolaid5083]

Feel better soon

[@lurkerino5585]

im trying to integrate a baby rooster into my several week old hen flock and they of course are picking on him is it ok to push the hens away if they attack him?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Wisepoet introducing a baby is hard, keep him ijn a small dog crate or something but in the coop for a week or two ujntil they are used to him

[@lurkerino5585]

thanks I'll try to get a good crate and see how it goes.

[@dianna83301]

I had two last year worse than that. I separated them as you then I thought why am I doing this because she will go through this again when I re introduce her. I put tar on her wounds to get them dried up (its for chickens) Once they were dried I made chicken aprons for them covering the areas they were getting to on both the chickens. Once they see blood they don't stop, its then a source of food and its shiny so they peck at it. The chicken aprons did the trick, it protected the chickens and now they are my best egg layers getting along fine. I don;t know where in the pecking order they are, but those two are always the first one's in the coup in the evening

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Wow, thanks for sharing that. My wife loves the idea of the aprons so we will see how things go and maybe do that. Thanks!!

[@dianna83301]

+SSLFamilyDad I believe they are called saddles. I can mail you one if you would like. They are also used for over bearing roosters, it protects thee poor hens from those spurs. The other thing I saw but did not do is chicken blinders lol, yes they look like glasses and clip on by the nose holes by the beak, when I looked into it it said it pierce the part so it sticks and I don't know I couldn't do it. I guess they work they sell them.

[@kellyokamoto1604]

My wife and I have 10 chickens and we're experiencing the very same thing with two of our chickens. There's about a 3" patch of missing feathers and raw skin on each chicken, but not bloody. We were stumped as to what to do as they seem to get along with the others well enough. We are unable to ID the perps-YET. Thanks for the vid.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+G&K Ol' School there is something called pine tar that you could try, I have heard it works but not tried it myself

[@roberttownsend2291]

G&K Ol' School it's because your rooster is grabbing them and doing his little business

[@ronyerke9250]

I recently read a WikiHow article that says adding some vinegar to your chicken's water will stop them from pecking each other.

[@rachel7113]

I had a chicken with a ripped neck, thank goodness it completely missed the arteries! She ran off one day tho,

[@Tina-zc5nz]

What do u do if a chicken's neck can't move up or move normal like other chickens??!! I am very worried?!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+ThingsBy Tina try to massage the underside of the chickens neck. Make sure it is comfortable and has plenty of water. Not much else you can do. Also, make sure you separate it as the other chickens may start to pick on it

[@Tina-zc5nz]

SSLFamilyDad thank u for helping me

[@rockmon1470]

Looks like you came right after a attack the blood was still bright red. Nice vid, good idea too, beef her up seems like it would help to no longer be the smallest

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Tony Leo I am hoping that will be the case. Not sure how long it will take to get her back to health but I guess I now have a pet chicken?

[@rockmon1470]

How does your wife feel about you having a ""chick" on the side I'm sorry couldn't help it. Hope it works out tho

[@RR-vg5hg]

Lol I say the same to , I call all my hens “him”

[@dumbass6329]

Recently one of my chickens fought for dominance but lost and lost a lot of feathers.

[@dollyperry540]

This can also be a sign that they don't have enough room. Maybe an extension to the run would be in order?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

That is possible but I think I might be because they all stay "cooped" up when there is snow on the ground so they probably start getting annoyed with each other.

[@lazarusrex9545]

SSLFamilyDad She's moulting. As the new feathers poke through their new shafts, a little blood comes through and the other chooks will pick at the red. First you want to isolate her if it's bad, 'til the bleeding stops. if the bleeding is bad, corn starch can be used as a makeshif Quick clot. just be sure once the bleeding stops to spray it with Vetrycin and clean the wound. Then hit the area with some Blue Kote. It's antisceptic, tastes bad and disguises the red to dissuade the hens from pecking. you also want to switch them to a feather fixer feed as soon as they start moulting to prevent bald spots. just remember to expect a fall off in egg production during the moulting season.

[@grotlek]

Best wishes for an eggstremely fast recovery.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+grotlek lol, thanks!

[@mariannefroholdt9783]

Do you give them leftovers ? They eat a lot of things😉

[@iamcaseycraig]

Can you do any type of video on raising them from chicks? Obviously it's difficult when yours are full grown now. But I would love some tips on getting them raised!

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Casey Craig we have videos on raising them with weekly updates. Search sslfamilymom channel on youtube, she has all of those videos.

[@iamcaseycraig]

+SSLFamilyDad I found them after I asked! Thank you! I'm really enjoying the channel!

[@dantco]

My experience has been that even after separating until complete healing has taken place, they'll still pick on her. I have had some people tell me that this is caused by overcrowding, but that's simply not true. This starts out as a contest for pecking order between two hens and continues until the whole flock turns against the loser. I have put a hen back with the flock after a couple months and it took less than a day to know it wouldn't work. Just placing new chickens--much less one with a rap sheet--in the flock can be a nightmare of watching. There are a couple videos on YT that show success by changing their entire pen/house furniture...creating a space wherein every chicken is new at once... This works according to my very limited experience. Also, I do have a pen that has 13 chickens including a rooster, and I have never seen the problem with them. There are some short tails on some of the hens, but I have witnessed the cause in that issue...his name is rooster! Once I gain a bit more space this problem will likely cure itself. Want to see your chickens forget their problems? Use safety wire to wire a couple heads of cabbage to the inside of the pen so that they hang at pecking height. I am pretty sure that between a couple of cabbages and roughly 10 apples over a week took egg production in the pen mentioned above from ~4/day to ~10/day with a couple of 12-egg days! 100% production! I love it, and judging by the sounds the chickens were making with those diced apples, they were quite happy. SSLF Dad, my experience has been that when we get a picked-on hen, we keep her separate until a new pen--or a reworking of an old pen--comes about and then they seem to do okay. The rooster worked for me and we ended up hatching replacements to boot.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+dantco Thanks for the great advice. I was going to try removing the dominant chicken or top two of them from the flock when I put the little one back in. then reintroduce the bigger ones after about a week. The idea is that I can disrupt the pecking order a bit for long enough to reintroduce. I will video the process and see how well it works. As far as the cabbage and apples go, that is a great idea also. I gave ours some cabbage this summer and they loved it!

[@memberson]

hello the fact of the bird is eating is a very good sign. I hope that all is well. but there are good signs the fact the various eating and drinking means that the bird is strong

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+MORNING GARDENER'S SHOW. Thanks, she is doing fine I think we got her out of there fast enough before some serious damage was done. I will keep you posted

[@doriewoodward7608]

give her mealworms helps feather grow back and heal

[@claudettefaglie957]

be sure to let us know the outcome.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Claudette Faglie Will do!

[@alexismurray1823]

I wish I can make my hert chicken a nice kinnel like that I mean he is in a kennel but not as good as that

[@darkshaman7087]

What I have done in this situation is when the others start to pick on her make up a hot mustard paste and a lil chilli pepper and smear on birds feather where it’s being pecked at and the other so learn not to pick (peck) at her again

[@Jlind9335]

I just had to put one down today. Hens can be so brutal. They pecked her head to the bone. Strange but only certain chickens keep ending up on the bottom. Buff Orpington and Americanas. Can only have them with each other. Leghorns and barred rocks seem to be the worst. Feel bad since I wasn't there to stop it.

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Jo Lind that is too bad, the only bad thing we have found about chickens!

[@BigLove24-7]

Sometimes you just have to let the chickens recoup..

[@timreichert645]

Poor Chicken, I hope it gets fine soon. Could you tell us when its fine?

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+No Name I will do an update when I move it back out to the coop, thanks for following along!

[@doriewoodward7608]

this happened to my chicken too i separated her from the others and not putting her back with the other chickens

[@doriewoodward7608]

i did something she lives by herself

[@sunshine3914]

@@doriewoodward7608If she’s healthy, remove the bully. I only had to quarantine the bully for half a day, & she had a new attitude. It was recommended to quarantine for a couple of days. Guess it depends upon how big of a flock & how aggressive. Had one that had long lasting seizures & was at the bottom of the pecking order, but after a month being caged next to the run & with a special diet & added supplements, she longed to be with the others, & had her last seizure 2 minutes after reuniting them. That was 10 months ago, she’s the sweetest, but will get aggressive over bananas.

[@starlabills9962]

❤❤😊

[@joemAwesomeMan]

Poor thing . . . :( I hope it gets better :)

[@blondego56]

ok.. however, what to do with the mean one ? 😢

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+blondego56 check the follow up videos i did we took care of them:)

[@blondego56]

+SSLFamilyDad i will need to do that, (Driving rt now) i have one Black Star who is horribly mean to jer sister :(

[@thehauntedfisherman1792]

sometimes you just have to kill the most aggressive bird or else find a better home for it.. sad but true. you can separate your flock all day long but you really have to spend time with them to see what's really going on. Love My Chickens!

[@98.adityakatore81]

but wath about other they will start picking other chicken

[@markselzler9744]

The roster is supposed to stop them from doing that.

[@1VAHNFANEL]

weak... I usually heal them - feed them - then put blade speirs on one of their foot and reintroduce them to their old flock and they rebalance the pecking order!!!

[@apersonwithnolife6378]

I feel like we all call them hims

[@cryptomon86]

they are strong creatures and will be fine. the bully would be the one who needs to get taken out. cast out for a while.

[@paulabeattie8565]

I just found this video and I am currently in exactly the same situation as you and with the exact same type of bird - Buff Orpington (I think that is what yours is, too). I brought mine in the house and I have a rabbit cage, mine is in the kitchen and I clean her pen everyday, it is the same as a litter box. I tried to reintroduce her after she had healed but the other 3 hens were just on her the moment I put her in with them, all of them pecking her at once. It was quite shocking. She free ranges during the day so she was 'with' the other birds everyday but there was a fence between them so it wasn't like she was unknown to the other birds. So...I have a pet chicken - her name is Poppy :)

[@SSLFamilyDad]

+Paula Beattie lol, pet chickens are cool and all but if you check out the follow ups i did on this you might be able to get her back in the flock

[@paulabeattie8565]

Yes, I did see that Plan C was a success! Well done.

[@XIxCaptainKRulLT]

Uh... Hello again, sir... We don't have to worry about the smallest chicken, sadly... She got eaten by something yesterday... I feel terrible...

[@SSLFamilyDad]

Oh no! That is terrible but unfortunately one of the downsides to owning these. Sometimes things like that happen. Sorry to hear it!

[@XIxCaptainKRulLT]

+SSLFamilyDad Yeah... These things always give me a negative feeling...

[@lashbabe4790]

one oy hens got picked on

[@pissandcornflakes9119]

poor thing

[@julisag8322]

This happened to my bay chick :(

[@crownedmedia7936]

My hens are pecking the rooster

[@arturosalgado4271]

You should buy her a rooster to keep her company.

[@guadalupeestradab.8085]

So sad 💔😢😢😢💔

[@teresasmiley4491]

You said she was in there for a few days like that why didn't you take her out immediately after you saw they were picking at her she wouldn't be in such a bad shape if you had you waited sorry to be so real about it I really love my chickens and I hopefully wouldn't leave them in as long as you did again I'm sorry just being real

[@AMB-Productions]

Why am i watching this... My picked on chicken was hurt badly WE put her with the other chicken who acted as a friend to her (They aren't related at all) Our picked in chicken was a Ecaspe artist (Sorry for my spelling) and she died of a dog biting her neck.... R.I.P Escapelila

[@thehauntedfisherman1792]

oh man, sucks. r.i.p. Escapelila. Chickens.. Love mine.

[@anya8467]

Aww;(