chunky monkeys Mum Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hi More advice please! We have had our three posh girls since mid June - Lucy the Araucana was picked on at first by the other two, but things quickly settled down and they were quite happy. Then along came the ex-batts and after a long round of intros, not without incident, they all got along together and have been living happily together in the cube, since the beginning of the month, free ranging for most of the days. Tonight we have noticed that nearly everyone is picking on poor old Lucy again, who has only recently come into lay. They have all gone to bed now, but why would they start to pick on her again like this? Is it because she has come into lay? Is there anything we can do to make Lucy's life a bit more pleasant? We do have a spare Eglu, should we put her in there at night (tonight I observed her being trampled, as well as being pecked!). Many thanks for reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahsausage Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Oh bless, poor Lucy! I recently had trouble with my ex-batts, after almost a year of living happily, Betty and Gladys suddenly started picking on Rita, pecking her, pulling feathers and standing on her, this went on for several days and was awful to witness. I read on the forum a quick squirt with water would sort them out and it did! It took a few days but now they have stopped, you need to squirt the offenders straight away so they realise that if they pick on a fellow chicken they get a blast of water! Hope that helps and works for you too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Oh dear . There seem to have been a few posts recently about this happening . I'm getting a bit of bullying too but we're only at week 3 so it's not unexpected. I'm trying the water squirting treatment too - it certainly stops the bully but it's hard to spot it every time . I wonder if you should separate some of the bullies rather than poor Lucy? If you took a couple of the worst offenders out perhaps the others would stop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I agree with ANH, give the worst offenders a squirt and a time out, not poor Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BocBoc Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Hmmm - our new chook Agnes seems to be the bully of the new bunch. I like the water pistol idea - thanks Wish we still had our old girls - they all got on so well together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky monkeys Mum Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Hi again Things seemed a bit better last night, not so vicious - but Chunky Monkey went out armed with the water sprayer and Narcissa went to bed a bit wet... I reckon they are all jealous of Lucy's lovely blue eggs - viewtopic.php?f=37&t=52086 Thanks for all of your help (yet again ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
