Hen being bullied..HELP.

You don't need to get rid - just yet.  Can you separate the bully into a smaller run/separate coop?  If you don't have a separate coop you could put her in a cat box in the coop over night, but keep her separated from the others during the day.

It might take some time, as you need the pecking order for the flock to rearrange and stabilise before you reintroduce the bully. Once she has been knocked out of her place  in the pecking order, hopefully things should settle down.

Occasionally they don't and sometimes you do need to look into rehoming the bully.

Just to stress you need to separate the bully out, and not the bullied

As cassy says the best way is to throw the pecking order out of balance. How is your cockerel reacting to the new birds? Because once he takes a liking to the new birds he should step in to sort out any squabbles with the hens and calm things down. remember at this time of year the hormones are running high as the urge to reproduce gets stronger, a young bird is seen as a threat to the older birds status in the flock. I'm in a similar situation I have 3 pullets that have got to be introduced but mine are in a seperate pen because I know mine will eat them alive if they get the chance, and at the moment I am without a cockerel and can't see me getting one any time soon due to new neighbours!! If all else fails I'm going to take 4 of the worst offenders out and put the 3 New ones in but not untill the young birds mature enough to be able to defend themselves.

Hi Hen Addict,the cockerell came with the 3 hens where they lived completely frre range on a farm,if there is a real squabble he does stop it.The problem is the bully just keeps having pecks that he doesnt notice.Ive just put 2 more perches in the coop one really high in the hope that they will all move up a bit and leave the small one alone because i think most of the bullying is happening in the coop when they are roosting.I also have 3 bigger but younger hens with a light sussex cockerell in another run with a bigger coop,I have thought about trying the bully in there.Any thoughts on that anyone.