mean hen

I had 6 hens and 3 died suddenly in October. Since then, the pecking order changed. One of my hens, who is now the leader, is very aggressive toward me. The other two hens squat for me to pet them, or even hold them and when I pet either one, the meanie attacks me with her feet and/or bites me...

Hi friends! I have a little trio of hens (used to be four, but sadly we lost our sweet Aunt Jemimah). They're all 8 months old and we raised them together from day 1.. Spent lots of time handling them and hanging out with them... 3 (now 2) of them are very social, but for some reason the 4th...

Hi all! Thanks for helping me with my surrogate mama / day old chicks back in June. All are thriving, independent little teenagers now. Problem is the mama. When chicks started venturing into larger chick habitat, Mama stayed behind in the roost area. I continued to provide water and food for...

I have two, 1 year old hens. After a slow, 3 week introduction of "Look don't touch" initiation - I have raised from day old chicks & added 10, nine week old pullets into the flock. Everyone's together (with safety zones for escape, for the chicks) and the Alpha hen is acting as I'd...

Is there anything I can do to make my aggressive hen stop pecking and tugging on my other hens wattles?

I have two hens. One hatched and raised the other. The “baby” is now 13 months old, the “mom” is 3 -3 1/2 years old. All has been great until about 3 weeks ago when the mom started attacking the baby. No blood has been shed - but feathers have gone flying! I now have them separated - but the...