fighting

So I had one bully leghorn that chased the others then I isolated her and she's been calm although quite lethargic and then the other leghorn who's the youngest started beefing with my amber star who's submissive and then I put that leghorn with the bully leghorn and she was instantly sized up...

Hello, I need some advice with my two roosters. I've had the Brahma for two years, and then I bought pullet chicks last year ; one of the Amerucanas grew up to be a rooster. Go figure, lol. They grew up together and lived in harmony for a year, except for the Brahma chasing off the Amerucana...

I have a small flock of 4 geese currently two ganders and 2 females which all usually get along fine. 2 of those 4 we raised from eggs (boy and a girl) and both are very affectionate toward me however now that it’s becoming broody season my girl (Polly) is getting more timid around me and my boy...

Its my first spring (getting close to 1 year mark having my ducks) and I have 4 sibling runner drakes. They've done well together all year (they'll be 1 year in march or may) but now its gotten warmer in one day and they all switched up and are fighting hard together. The most submissive one...

This morning one of my nesting boxes looked like a crime scene. I have 3 nesting boxes open and 5 hens. 2 of them have been laying for a while and 2 just started laying. I know it was my 3 oldest fighting over this one box. One of them ended up laying on the drop board in the coop which has...

I just noticed an issue with my young Muscovies plucking each other's wings. They'll reach out and grab another birds wing and yank the feathers out in the process. A few were bleeding. 😬. What should I do about this and why are they doing this. I've never had this issue before?

So I have about a 18 week old (hen) silkie mix breed (mixed with black austrolope). She is the only of her kind that we have (are hoping for a brooder). Anyways we have kept her separated from the chicks (she didn't hatch and they are only about 9? weeks old (silver wyndottes and barred rock)...

Hello! I decided to let my broody RSL hatch some chicks. I purchased fertilized eggs from a local farmer and 3 weeks later had 8 beautiful and colourful chicks. Fast forward 2 weeks and 2 days post hatch…. They are fighting! Like draw blood on the comb fighting. My biggest bully (who I for some...

I introduced 9 new ducks to my flock recently and they just do not get along with the kahki campbells. They sort of stay off in their own groups and when they do get near each other they don't get along. Will they ever get along or will they sort of keep together in their own groups? The...

Hi! I have 3 hens that went broody at the same time. I didn’t have the heart to tell 2 of them no. Now all 3 have 3 babies each I’ve had no issues with the rest of the flock and the babies, but if the mamas come across another mama, they fight, really bad. I have all 3 mamas separated right...

I need suggestions and help on what I need to do or not do I raise silkies I wanted to add another roo to my flock of 8 young 2 month old hens and 4 grown hens and silkie rooster. He didn’t like that very much and when he first notice the new Cochin bantam roo he initiated a fight The were...

I have had ducks for about 6 years, and am almost to the 1 year mark w my turkeys. No other birds or fowls before we got our first ducks. So. I consider myself a relative newbie.... although I have learned a ton! I have recently separated breeding pairs of turkeys (they decided spring had...

Hello! This is long, I’m sorry, but I need help! The picture is of my babies, this post is about the adults. I’m having issues with my roosters. Before now, everyone got along, everyone knew the pecking order and was great. My littlest rooster (ayam cemani) was alpha, he was an adult when I...

Hi folks, Over the last week and a half or so, I have witnessed new behavior from our hens. We've had our hens for nearly 2 years now, and I have never seen them act like this before. For whatever reason, they have been being mean and kind of aggressive towards each other lately. I noticed a...

Hi, Two of our hens have stopped laying eggs completely. They haven’t laid in over a year, they are two of the oldest in our flock. The rest in the birds in our flock have been attacking both of them like crazy, like they have been rejected from the flock. We had to separate both of them for...

We are new to chickens and have had our flock outdoors for about a month. Today we went out to feed/water noticed three of the five have slight injuries to their cheeks and head combs. Looks like it just happened. We are building a coop extension this weekend (was already planned). Do I need to...

Hello, We currently have 2, 3 year old chickens and a friend is moving out who also happens to have many 3 year old chickens. She offered to give us some, and since we have been wanting more we thought I was a great idea. But, due to the prospect of bullying and/or fighting we haven't made...

For the last few days I’ve noticed my now three week old chicks have been shaping up to each other and fighting like roosters, jumping up and lashing out with their feet. Just wondering if female chicks normally do this too or if I’ve probably got all roosters? 🐓 Thanks 😊

Please help I just noticed my 1-year-old Jenny has a very deep wound on the back of her neck that was not there yesterday. She shares her coop with her sister, my four other chickens sleep on the roost on the other side of the coop. She's been extremely broody for the last few weeks hard to get...

Hello Everyone! I'm probably overusing this forum, but I'm honestly super thankful for all the help I've received so far... this is a completely new experience for me and I hope to be able to help others in time too as I learn 🙂 Today's question is; how do I get my African Gosling and chicks...