aggressive behavior

Hi so basically as the title says my rooster just started showing me some aggressive for no reason, he was completely fine I went out to feed the hens some left overs he was eating fine from me as he has before, I finish Feeding them and I get up start walking away and he charges at me? I...

We bought these two Chinese geese as a breeding pair in February. The breeder named them Agnes and Magnus. They were about a year old then. We are starting to suspect that the goose is actually also a gander. The “goose” is the lighter coloured one, who is also a bit smaller. Since we got them...

Hello! My sister has had a gosling for about a week, and it's housed with the chicks, while they're all the same age. However, there's a problem. The gosling has begun grabbing at the chicks wings, and pulling, like it's food. The chicks usually end up screaming, but no blood.. yet. It's...

Hello! I am having issues with 2 of my hens. 1 of them, Rosie my Blue Ameraucana (who is my favorite) and the other, Pyrrha, an Easter Egger. Pyrrha has always been at the bottom of the pecking order that I've seen and Rosie was above her, (not sure exactly where on the pecking order). I have a...

Curious to get your thoughts on my flocks sudden inability to roost peacefully at night. A week or two ago I noticed that our flock of 6 (5 hens and 1 rooster) were being aggressive towards each other each night as they began to roost. They've always generally been pretty peaceful about finding...

Hi everyone, we really need advice from someone who has handled integration of older birds into a flock with rooster. Our two sweet buff orpies are 20 months old. Orginally, it was just the two, plus one rhode island red. In February, we introduced 9 chicks we had brooded inside, and one of them...

I have a rooster that I’ve had ever since he was a tiny baby, and he’s always been a nice chicken. He used to get hit, pecked at and injured a lot by our other roosters (which we no longer have) and now all of a sudden he’s hitting our rooster back and becoming aggressive. is this because of...

I've searched the threads about broody hens, but none seem to answer my question. For context, this is a rather long story, but it will result in my question. When one of my Golden Wyandottes (GW) went broody last year, I tried to break that habit, to no avail. So this year I sought out a...

I have 4/15 roosters got them march 31 Yesterday morning upon taking the chickens out of coop, biggest bird (cockeral) and dotty(pullet)had each others beaks interlocked. Lots of sqwauking occurred finally upon pspspspspspspsing at them, they let go and biggest bird shook its head. Well I’ve...

Hello everyone! I recently purchased 3 chicks in the last few weeks for one of my mama hens. She was unsuccessful at hatching some eggs.. so naturally, I felt bad for her & needed to get her some. 😆 She's been a great mom until the last few days. She's more "hands" off now & let's the babies...

I have 4 hens in an enclosure that they’ve been in for almost 2 years and out of no where my smallest Ameraucana hen (who is at the lowest pecking order) has just started attacking my brown leg horn hen, holding her down, pecking her head, and drawing blood. It’s been a few days and she hasn’t...

I have a cockerel that is 22 weeks old along with 7 pullets that are 22 weeks. I also have 5 pullets. They were all raised from chicks and are one intergrated flock. The problem I’m having is the cockeral has been getting aggressive with my 14 yr old grandaughter. When she goes into the run to...

Hi everyone! I have been learning from this resource for a long time and finally joined the community! I have ducks, not chickens, but I’ve read a lot of people in the same boat on here so I hope it’s OK that I joined. I have some ducks that are a little over a year old and they are super...

I have been having a hard time with my one year old male Pekin duck for the past few months. He used to be a sweetheart but recently has been super aggressive towards me and has been trying to bite and mate with me. It has gotten so bad I can’t even have him out with me because all he wants to...

Hello guys I hope you can help me. My Rouen drake is four months old and has two female ducks in his flock to keep him company. He has started to mate our Black Swedish recently. Nowadays, he is showing this bizarre behavior. When all of us are cuddling together in a quiet room, he suddenly...

Hi all, Does anyone have experience with Light Brahma roosters and kids that they can share? I’d like to know how well they can get along with kids if they are raised with them. I have heard Brahma roosters tend to be gentle and people friendly but I‘m wondering how often they are well behaved...

I have 3 bantam roos in their own coop. They've been there for a few months (previously separated from my 11 other chickens) & been doing fine. I hand feed them treats & even a slice of pizza now & then. lol However, lately there is one that has gotten aggressive towards me. Keep in mind, these...

I need advice. 😥 I have a hen who is super aggressive toward my new polish hens. I know the whole pecking order deal but its been a few weeks with introducing them thru separate cages & allowing them to coexist under supervision while free ranging. I have a brahma hen who is SUPER aggressive...

I have 3 ISA browns and they are all around 8 months old. Eliza, Erica and Heather. Heather and Eliza has always been the closest and hang out together all the time. I have notice that recently Eliza has been hanging out with Erica instead. yesterday, we notice that Eliza pecked on Heathers...

He pecked my toe, drawing blood, and now started pecking an egg I was collecting! Golden cuckoo maran at 24 weeks.. I have small kids, he's got to go 😞 I hate it, I feel like I failed him!