Bullying in the Coop

Hi all,

I've got 8 chickens which I got when they were around 14 weeks old, they are
now about 24 weeks old and over the last 4-5 days I have noticed that one of
them is being really badly bullied by several of the others. I know someone
has to be bottom of the pecking order but this poor hen spends most of her
time up in the chicken house to save herself from being bullied.

My kids just noticed today that this hen has all blood on the side of her
neck and the others seemed to be getting even more vicious with her. I've
removed her from the others and am currently letting her free range my
garden whilst the others are in the pen. The only thing I have for
isolation is a large cage that I could put her in for a few days for her to
heal but will I be faced with the same problem when i introduce her back in?
I don't know what to do for this poor thing.

Any ideas/comments.

TIA.

jX


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