[groves]

some advice needed please had three chickens for about eight weeks now. started laying every thing seemed fine. Noticed that over the last week one chicken is bullying another with feather pecking around vent leading to bald patches now the skin at the top of her legs is bleeding . any advice urgently required

[kegs]

Can you provide a bit more information regarding their living environment: how big is their run, are they in there all day, have they been dusted and wormed etc. what is their feeding regime?

[jhub]

suggest you treat the bald and bleeding area with purple spray.
Can you isolate the bully but keep her in view of the others?
I have read somewhere that feather pecking/eating might be linked to lack of protein but am sure someone will be along shortly with advice.

[jhub]

me again,
there's an article dealing with aggression in hens on this site-link to poultry pages on header menu, you will then see a header for poultry help articles, scroll down and the article is under a heading 'dealing with aggression in poultry'
hope this helps.