4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Millie-Annie]

Does anyone else have a confused pecking order? I couldn't tell you who is my top hen.

 

Clara my Brahma is scared of Octavia my Orpington but not scared of the ex-batts

Octavia is scared of the ex-batts but not of Clara

The ex-batts are scared of Clara but not of Octavia

 

When I say scared I mean if they are pecking food they will move away or risk a swift peck.

 

Thankfully I don't have a bullying problem, they all muddle along.

 

I just have a horrendous feather pecking problem with the ex-batts but bumpa bits have cured that

[Beantree]

Sounds like you still have two distinct flocks Millie-Annie. There will be two top hens, Octavia and one of the ex-batts, but I guess all will settle down during the laying period and then get all confused again when the moulting starts and the pecking orders change temporarily!

 

Aren't they little darlings.

[Luvachicken]

Funny that.

Gemma is definitely my top hen, followed by Polly and then Zoe is bottom.

Yesterday I gave them some live mealworms and Polly went to steal one off Gemma and was swiftly told off but then Zoe stole one off Gemma and that was OK

[Millie-Annie]

I definitely have two distinct flocks. The two ex-batts, who I cant tell apart and Octavia and Clara. I have never had such a bonded pair as O and C. The other day they got separated in the building of the extended run and they both worry and whittle until they are reunited. I dread losing one of them. The ex-batts stick together, but the borstal babes always do