We have four chickens who have been living peacefully together for some time until recently, when one of them started being severely bullied.
She has become submissive but they don't stop pecking at her. She hides in a corner and is always trying to escape whenever we open the coop. She crouches when she is pecked on, and stays stationary in crouch position for some time until they move away.
We can't see any sign of illness, except for many lost feathers and a paler comb.
We tried separating the main bully, but the rest also peck at her so she isn't safe in her coop. She simply wants to escape, and we have finally separated her for the past couple of days to give her a bit of reprieve, and put her back in the coop at night.
We know there is a risk in integrating the chickens back together by separating her now. But she is miserable, and she will be injured if we keep her in the flock with the rest of the chicken pecking her all day.
Has anyone dealt with this? What can we do? 💔