Chicken thuggery
Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:05 am
We've got a 4 bird Eglu and, as happens got down to a single chick (a hybrid Blue that had stopped laying 6 months ago)
We decided to introduce 3 new girls (POLs) having had success doing this in the past. Oh dear......
I was expecting Mrs Grey to assert herself a bit and then calm down but she has continued to terrorise the youngsters to the extent that they stay indoors if she is out in the run and only come out if we kick her out into the garden. If we close the coop with all 4 out in the run the youngsters cower (literally) at the opposite end. If she approaches (looks menacing to me), they frantically try to get to the other end and get battered as they go past (particularly Mrs White). This can go on for hours and shows no sign of abating.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Unless she stops I can't see the other 3 having any quality of life
We decided to introduce 3 new girls (POLs) having had success doing this in the past. Oh dear......
I was expecting Mrs Grey to assert herself a bit and then calm down but she has continued to terrorise the youngsters to the extent that they stay indoors if she is out in the run and only come out if we kick her out into the garden. If we close the coop with all 4 out in the run the youngsters cower (literally) at the opposite end. If she approaches (looks menacing to me), they frantically try to get to the other end and get battered as they go past (particularly Mrs White). This can go on for hours and shows no sign of abating.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Unless she stops I can't see the other 3 having any quality of life