Morning all ,
I have a 7 month old buff sussex bantie living with 2 orpington banties , also 5 other chooks including the cockerel in another coop . They all free range during the day and put themselves to bed in the correct coops at night . Just lately the buff sussex has been laying her eggs in the big coop and for the last 3 nights has moved in with the older birds .I thought this fine , but this morning she has obviously been pecked at during the night , the feathers around one eye have been pecked out leaving the area red and raw looking , altough not bleeding . My first thought was to place her manually back in with her mates tonight , or would it be better isolating her in a seperate run until the wound heals ? I understand chooks may peck at anothers wound making it worse . I have a rabbit ark she could use in the area with the other coops enabling her to still see the other birds . Any advise most welcome ,
Stefan