Hen-pecked!

[ConkerTriumphant]

We are nearly a week in to our chicken keeping adventure and everything is going well.
We have 3 POL hens who were together as part of a big flock.

Since Day 3, one has established herself as the leader - however her pecks and wing-pulls are only aimed at one of the other two. They’re not severe, but happen whenever this hen gets near her.

Hen-pecked hen has started going back into the coop to stay out of boss-hen’s way.

Is this all normal or do I need to stage an intervention?!

Bump!

We had this with one of our new hens. We sprayed all 4 with the Nettex anti-peck spray (we've tried a few different ones but this is the only one we've found that really works.) seemed to do the job! The one was getting bullied was quite a bit smaller than the others but she doesn't seem to be being picked on anymore.

If you're on Facebook there's 2 groups called Poultry Keepers and Poultry Keepers UK which I've found really helpful. Also good for seeing funny and cute photos of other people's chickens!

Thank you!

Also try www.backyardchickens.com, brilliant forum