Oh dear. Seems such a pity. I have hens too. How long have you had the hens? (Tell me if I'm trying to teach you to suck eggs, pardon the pun!) Were they all together previously or are they all new together? Was there already a pecking order? Did you separate the bossy one on its own into another hen house, smaller and not the main house rather than put the other hens into a separate house? Did you separate her and then feed the others first, before feeding her? These are all methods of teaching her that her behaviour isn't acceptable. A bit like a "timeout corner" used for toddlers! It does work. We had the same problem. However, the hens weren't like this with my daughter, only each other.It took about 5 weeks or so for our girls to be left alone together. It's worse when you have one or more hens at home then introduce another one. Best that they are all newbies, but that can't be helped sometimes. Sounds like your ones may have been together before and new ones were introduced. It may be ok if you are patient and keep the p.o. hen separate for some time, not letting them roam around together or feed together and letting her know the others have priority over her. Then, little by little, introduce them again, then separate her, then back again, so on.If you've really had enough, Jane Fowler (great name, given the occupation!) of Boarding Hens does rescue hens and re-homes them sometimes. http://www.boardinghens.co.uk/ She also looks after hens when we're away. We only have one now as 2 died this year. Sob. One was 6 years old and for a hybrid, that's old. She was lovely. I like hens. You may have guessed.Good luck to Cinnamon.
Angela White ● 5525d