[Craig69]

I bet it wouldn't stop that many people buying eggs from battery farms - some people just buy what is cheapest & don't care where it came from.

Good idea though!

Might add a couple pictures to my customer payment slips & website to do my bit!

[evie2]

I know your right Craig, we can only but try and live in hope that sense will eventually prevail :happy:

[greendog]

as i mentioned on another thread, in my experience, vic ( the decongestant ) on the victim stopped the bullies after only one or two tastes. i was reluctant at first to use it but when you see how cruel they can be to each other and the damage they can do you have to find something.

[cejx]

as i mentioned on another thread, in my experience, vic ( the decongestant ) on the victim stopped the bullies after only one or two tastes. i was reluctant at first to use it but when you see how cruel they can be to each other and the damage they can do you have to find something.

I shall give that a go.  I'll try anything to be honest - but then again, its not just the pecking, its the chasing and them flattening her with their big chickeny feet.  I've tried two types of antipeck and neither have worked.

Current update - as of this morning (as advised by the BHWT) I've separated the bully, and she is rather miserably residing in a stable.  I was hoping it would sort stuff out, but no.  I now worry I've separated the wrong chicken!  Its becoming a farce.  However, I shall leave her as advised for 48 hours, and then playing musical chickens, will separate another head honcho.

Just one question, I've enriched their coop, mixed up there foods, done everything I can think of to keep them 'amused' (6 hens in a 12x6 ft coop so space isn't an issue), but the just don't seem to be bothered.  Is thins because they're ex bats - and thus don't understand 'treats' or 'play'?  So many peeps on here says that their hens will kill for a grape - mine, didn't bat an eyelid!  Any advice on this?