pullet behavior

  1. castillo_de_luz

    Pullets In Coop Too Much?

    My flock of five hens are 11 weeks old and I've had them since 8 weeks. They've always had the coop and attached run, and had been spending the whole day outside until just recently. Now they'll come out (auto door) for morning breakfast, cuddle up and nap, then at some point I check the coop...
  2. 2

    Road Runner is Being Pushed Out!

    I had 8 chicks all raised together: one Barred Rock, one Cuckoo Marans, three Columbian Wyandotte, and three Leghorn. They’re what I could get shipped at one time. A friend wanted two, which is why I ordered eight to begin with, so the day came three weeks ago and two Leghorn left. While...
  3. TinaLynn89

    introducing new pullet to flock

    Hi i brought in a new pullet she’s about 4 months old. she is a Easter Egger. i’ve kept her separated with 2 other pullets who are only about 2 months old and she is like their mama. she is super sweet with them. She is the sweetest and that may be the problem. we have 3 other older...
  4. G

    Integrating pullets and hens backwards??

    I need some advice about integrating but in a kind of backwards way… usually I see people integrating pullet with older hens… I want to do the opposite. I have 3 pullets, about 12 weeks old. I’m wanting to rescue a few more hens but they’re about 12 months old so will be larger than the...
  5. V

    Pullet tail wagging video, why?

  6. City2CountryGirl

    Gurgling sound?

    I was out with my chickens earlier and one of my pullets had a gurgling, bubbling sound to them? Can they get sick? Like catch a cold? or have digestion problems? seems to be fine I mean running around and foraging? I was just curious. Thank you
  7. L

    Nobody sleeps in the right place

    Very funny. I have a older hen who lived by her own for several months and as winter approaches I think it would a bit hard for her to handle the cold by herself. so I bought 3 young pullets so ideally they would cuddle together at night. Surprisingly my older hen has been super nice and...
  8. C

    Is something wrong with my very sleepy pullet?

    Hi there! I have 8 chickens- 6 of which are 16-18 week old rhode island red pullets. None of them are laying yet. One of the pullets was acting a little off so I observed her and then separated her for 6 days to keep a closer eye and see if she got better. She seemed like she was always resting...
  9. RiversideChick

    A little blood on poo... first eggs and horny roo

    Hello! I have a question about a small amount of blood I found in my coop that appeared to be mixed with mucus and poo. I'm guessing it's related to either that my pullets have just begun laying or that my surprise cockerel has started trying to make babies. The whole flock is vaccinated...
  10. C

    Need info on Pullets

    I know, they are certainly not baby chicks but, again, I have been tasked with writing about the specific issues surrounding caring for pullets for Tractor Supply Company's publications Out Here. I can get basic info from the associations but I need some people who actually HAVE chickens and can...
  11. chickenbritt5908

    Floor eggs?

    My bantam pullet has randomly started laying her eggs on the floor of the coop. I’ve read that newly laying pullets will do that, or if there isn’t enough, clean litter in the nesting boxes. But this girl has been laying for months and I just put clean bedding in the boxes. Seems really random...
  12. chickenbritt5908

    Pullet wondering off alone..

    My favorite pullet, Henrietta - a RIR X Blue Australorp, has started wandering off away from the flock. She’s 8 months old and totally independent from the rest. She always comes to roost and she doesn’t leave our property, but it makes me nervous because she’s making herself too vulnerable out...
  13. KikiDeAnime

    Our flock and what to do

    I've begun to notice that our hens and pullets have been attacking our 2 cockerels. They've been getting feathers ripped out. Little man doesn't even bother them and just follows his "mother" around for the most part while his flock brother Spotted Elk stays away from everyone completely. What...
  14. Sorry It’s Been A Long While

    Sorry It’s Been A Long While

    Sorry it’s been a long while since I last posted. Let me give you an update on their progress. My chickens are doing great. We used to have 11 chickens but two died. The two that died were Fidget the Silkie and Martha the Faverolle chicken. We had to sell the white cockerel male, which I renamed...
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  15. CityslickerHomestead

    Pullets Scared of Cockerel

    I have eight, 16-week-old chickens, various breeds, all raised together. None laying yet. I have one unexpected SL Polish cockerel in the bunch, and besides crowing non-stop, he constantly herds the girls into the coop (even when it’s daytime and there are no perceived threats) and chases them...
  16. janiedoe

    Sparring

    I know that female chicks spar with each other. I learned this with my last batch. I know that cockrells start sparring at around 3 to 4 weeks. I learned this from my first batch. I have 17 six week old chicks & 6 five week old chicks (barnyard mix & easter eggers) that I am trying to sort into...
  17. Adi B

    My Brahma is getting picked on!

    Hi there. I used to have chickens years ago and have recently decided to have another flock. I have 6 chickens that are 7 weeks old. Doing well. They have a lovely coop and great big run. I have a mixed flock: Copper Maran, golden Laced wynadotte, Ameracauna, buff Brahma, Novogen, and an...
  18. Carolinag001

    HELP! My 9 month old pullet acts like a chick!

    I got my Silkie chick named Wonder when she was about a month or two old. Around the same time I got another chick roughly around the same age maybe a little older who we named Lola. She was quite bigger than her, the moment we put them together Wonder ran under Lola as if that was her mother...
  19. K

    My Chicken Becomes Hysterical Before Laying

    My young chicken (Red-sexed born in Sept. 2018) becomes hysterical & spastic running & jumping around the cage about 1-2 hours before laying an egg, her first egg she was much quieter and seems to escalate each day. The coop/cage has a quiet, separate darkened nesting box indoors, so free from...
  20. aliciaFarmer

    Pullet keeps fighting cockerel, advice needed

    A few days ago my sweet Golden Cuckoo Marans, Rowen (23 weeks old), attacked my Welsummer cockerel, Wren (18 weeks old), for no apparent reason that I could see. I was right there but it happened so fast. He may have tried to mate with her but doubtful as I haven't seen him attempt such things...
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