aggressive behavior

  1. tatu42198

    Aggressive drake

    Hello I have 3 ducks, 1 male (runner) 2 female (runner, pekin) that are approx 2 yr old. We raised them and they have been in our pond for the last yr. We have now raised an additional 6 pekin who are 6-8 months or so. We have been trying to integrate in the same large outdoor area and pond. The...
    • tatu42198
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    • aggressive behavior drake drowning ducks integrating ducks
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. D

    Aggressive male duck!

    To start, I have three ducks that have been living with each other for a year, one male and two females. They are all medium large ducks, very happy and busy. I have just picked up two new one year old muskavee ducks, who are a smaller breed, and brought them home three days ago. The first day...
    • dentmpt
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    • aggressive behavior ducks mating ducks
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. B

    Aggressive behaviour in chicks / Picking up

    Hi all, We got 5 Silk chickens (2 weeks old tomorrow) 2 days ago. Having never had chickens before, but eeveerry other animal as well as geese and runner ducks before, this might be a silly post but here I go: 1) We have made it a habit these past 3 days already to pick up and hold the chicks...
    • Bis
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    • aggressive aggressive behavior picking up chicks
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. Mara Lee

    Two chickens suddenly fighting violently out of nowhere...

    Short version: Two of my chickens, a hen and a rooster, who have gotten along just fine for the last 7 months, have just recently started constantly and viciously attacking each other. I don't mean the minor pecks and scuffles, I mean the puffing, jumping, tearing at each other with claws...
  5. V

    Will Pinless Peepers Stop Rooster from Attacking Humans

    I have just got pinless peepers for my 6 hens and one rooster. My Rooster has turned to continuous attacker without any reason though he was sweet till he turned one year old. Did anyone try pinless peepers on rooster to prevent him from pecking feet of people, jumping and hitting with spurs...
  6. Q

    Aggressive hatchling - need help

    My family and I have recently started raising ducks, and while we were planning on 4, an unplanned male was shipped to us and we're now up to 10 to allow for 4 females per drake. Our most recent shipment arrived today, all females consisting of a Blue Swedish, a Welsh Harlequin, a Buff, and a...
    • Quackageddon
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    • aggresive aggressive behavior blue swedish cayuga duckling female aggression rouen saxony silver appleyard welsh harlequin
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. K

    Hen keeps attacking us.. Help!

    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...
    • kathrynleigh37
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    • aggresion aggression toward human aggressive behavior aggressive chicken behavior change behavior issues behavior problems behaviors mean chicken mean hen
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  8. ChocolateWingTheRooster

    Cockerel Keeps Attacking Me!

    I love him, but today he poofed up, pecked and flew at me! Usually I can just hold him like a cat, but he was just being a jerk today! Anyone know how to calm him down?
  9. ChickenTenderKesha

    Cockerel Help - Aggressive towards pullets?

    Hi everyone, I’ve noticed that my one cockerel Artie, second in command (I think) of my flock, has been agressively pecking my pullets necks. I don’t think he’s trying to mate them as he will “dance” for them and tidbit as well any other time (even when he always gets denied like the other...
  10. TheMallardDuck

    Same problem but worse

    So I’ve arrived back from my holiday/vacation and I was only gone for three days. Now the other two ducks seem even more unfriendly to the other duck. Our drake used to chase our female duck around if he felt she was getting ‘too much attention’. Now he just chases her around even more and bites...
  11. dirkapitation

    whats going on with my ducks

    i have one male duck and he is attacking his unsexed juvenile duck he will run up from behind and walk on top of the duck and get ahold of the neck and stay like that whats happening and what do i do
  12. K

    Suddenly aggressive female

    New duck owner. We have 5 ducks. Got them in May. They roam free in our backyard. We have 4 females and one male. One of the females is a Cayuga, I believe. She’s always been a leader in the group but never aggressive until recently. She charges us and our dogs when we walk outside and bites...
    • Kayleebohannan
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    • aggressive behavior cayuga duck female aggression
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. Papa John59

    Is this normal?

    We have had our 3 girls (pullets 16 weeks) for three weeks now, an Amrock, a Leghorn and a Sussex. They all came from the same flock. Initially the Leghorn took the role at the top of the pecking order, then the Sussex leaving the poor Amrock at the bottom of the order. No aggressive actions...
  14. Rebeccagane

    Aggressive mother duck(s) with ducklings

    Hi everyone, I’m in need of some advice as this is my first set of ducklings that I’ve let my ducks raise themselves. These ducks are very recent editions to the flock, I've had them just over a month (they didn't waste any time getting comfortable!) and they haven't really warmed up to humans...
    • Rebeccagane
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    • aggressive behavior duck ducklings ducks
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. E

    Any experience integrating new chickens into flock of RIR?

    I have a 1 year old flock of 9 Rhode Island Reds who have been fairly easy and good layers. I’m raising some new chicks now who are 6-10 weeks old and going to start integrating them. Two of my new chicks are 10 weeks so I thought I would integrate them first since they’ve been on their own for...
  16. M

    Aggressive 6 mos hen...HELP!

    Hello! I am embarrassed to tell anyone that I am losing sleep over a a 6 month ameraucana chicken but I know y'all get it. Soooo, I have 3, 6 mos old hens that have been raised together since chicks. A week and a half ago, my 5 year old son closed the coop door on one of their legs. She is...
  17. TexasVet

    Rooster hobble

    I've invented a rooster hobble that's working pretty well on my aggressive roo. It allows him to walk, hop, and "prance," but not run. I'm wondering if there's a market for such a device, and if so, how much you'd be willing to pay for it.
  18. chkva

    Aggressive Cream Legbar Hen

    We just acquired a cream Legbar hen that's about a year and a half old. Previous owner said she was aggressive with her sisters and he could no longer handle it so he wanted to re-home her. I couldn't say no to adding her to our flock because she's gorgeous and her eggs would look great with the...
    • chkva
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    • aggressive behavior aggressive bird cream crested legbar cream legbars hen agression
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  19. Hanathehappyhen

    My hen is so trying to kill a chick!!!

    I have a two week old chick and was going to introduce it to my chickens. The only problem is that one of my hens seems to hate it. I give my chickens attention, and I’m thinking she could be jealous of it. If any of you could help me think of how to get them to deal with each other that would...
    • Hanathehappyhen
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    • aggressive behavior aggressive hen help with the flock introducing chicks pecking at each other
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  20. B

    Aggressive Flock

    Hi! I have 9 hens living with 100sq feet of run space. I noticed some of the chickens started to have misssing feathers below their vents and i found out that they are pecking the feathers out. It’s gotten much worse and it’s more than one hen doing it to them and now they have back feathers...
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