I totally understand...just today I realised that the youngest is refusing to eat if she sees the sussex looking at her, even something she really likes, it's been months and still the sussex is bullying her. It's very frustrating.... Now I have to sneak around to get some food in her, so I get...
Yes I created that problem too by giving them food and water in their coop, but that attracted mice so I had to put it outside... And then they came out ... after a couple hours
Mid September I bought 2 pullets, about 20 week old greeneggers but I suspect one of them is 4 weeks younger) I had 1 chicken left, a light Sussex after my white leghorn died) it took forever to get them to go outside of the run, they were afraid of everything... But once the oldest became...