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I'm new at this, too! I'm glad to hear it is working for your roos. I've been doing the 'peckpeckpeck' thing and picking her up and holding her until she is calm. I'm going to keep trying and try to pin her next time she takes a swipe at me. Thanks. 🙂

Thank you! I will try the 'peckpeckpeck' strategy and take no sass! She's actually at the bottom of the pecking order, from what I can tell. When she came at me this morning, the top hen (Thyme) got between us and put her in her place a few times (I joked that she was defending my honor 😂).

Should I "peck" her back when she attacks? This morning I was with the girls and she went for my hand every time she saw it. I was petting the others and taking the caps off their feeder and she would come at me. I was reading other threads where folks recommended "pecking" an aggressive chicken...

Here is my Parsley.

I'll take one tomorrow morning to post!

I have four Buff Orpington chickens that are 16 weeks old. Parsley is one of the biggest, and she is the first one to develop full wattles, a big comb, and a red face (I have often wondered if she might actually be a he, but I have no idea how to tell). Despite being one of the biggest she gets...