agression

  1. KrysMT

    Teenage angst rooster?

    Hi y’all! I’ve searched the boards trying to find an answer to my question and couldn’t. My chickens have free range of 40 acres, so I need a rooster. I have a 23 week barred rock rooster and he recently started to attack me! First time... I hate to admit it... I kicked him pretty good. Then...
  2. ThreePompoms

    How to tame aggressive rooster?

    Hello, We have a Icelandic rooster named Dippy. He was hand raised (and saved by us several times). He has been very sweet until about a week ago (he is 6 months old). He started attacking my Mom and Dad by jumping from the roosting bar feet first. He hasn’t attacked me yet as I held him far a...
  3. SemiQ

    Rooster picking on hen? HELP

    I'm asking for a family member that came to me with this question. Her rooster is chasing one of the hens and not allowing her to eat or drink. I thought that maybe he was chasing to mate but the fact that hes not allowing her to eat or drink is weird. She's also checked her for mites, diseases...
  4. AniaOnion

    Broody Quail Agression?

    I have a quail hen I am pretty sure is broody. She even rolled another hen's underneath herself. What makes this particularly funny is I don't actually have a rooster at all! The thing is is ever since she went into this state, she's been chasing around her sister and pecking her pretty...
    • AniaOnion
    • Thread
    • agression broodiness
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  5. AQuailNamedFrancis

    Male button quail aggression

    Hey anyone know why my male button quail just took a turn for the worse?? He does not bother his mate and he used to be very friendly with me. He would sometimes if he was in the mood let me touch him. Now I do anything like try and refill food, water or there sand bowl and he attempts to bite...
  6. bobertyork

    Very aggressive rooster

    i have a problem and need a solution. I have a very aggressive rooster he attacks us every time we go into the yard. You need to be armed with a rake or something because he is coming for you. He won’t even let my dog go outside - she is terrified of him. I’ve tried to find him a home but who...
  7. AbbysSilkies

    Reforming Rooster?

    Hello!! I have 10 hens, two pulleys, and two roosters. I’ve known all along I could only keep one. I was so sure I’d keep Milo, he’s older, he was always my favorite. Boots, in my eyes, used to be nothing but a rapist who didn’t care about the hens. (I’m not sure which of them is the alpha) but...
  8. Should You Get A Rooster?

    Should You Get A Rooster?

    So.... maybe you're thinking about adding a rooster to your flock? I know that it can be quite the debate, but the reason why that I've created this article is to help make your decision a little easier. Let's begin by going over all of the pros and cons of keeping a rooster...
    • Wolfefarmyard
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    • agression chicken protection raising rooster
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  9. B

    Horrific Find...Is This Normal?!?

    Today while outside I noticed my Royal Palm hen running around with something odd in her mouth...it turned out to be a dead chick! I was horrified and ran over to the nest to find the tom pecking away at a 2nd chick! I started yelling at him and immediately ran into the pen and took the chick...
    • BeautifulCreatures
    • Thread
    • aggressive royal palm agression breeding problem dead chick royal palm breeding royal palm turkey tom hurting chicks
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Turkeys
  10. cacklencrow

    Chicks not integrating - from different hens - hatched 3 days apart

    My first year hatching fertile eggs, I've had 4 in the incubator. I know for sure that they are different hens fertile eggs that were laid with an already fertile egg that a brooder had been sitting on for roughly 18 days. When the first chick hatched and followed mama down the ramp in the...
  11. Haihai

    PEcking order or anger issues?

    I have 47 week old chickens I need to add to the coop… I have tried to add them in the past Week… By putting a kennel inside the run and keeping them visible but separated… Today I tried to let them all join together… One hen is very aggressive with them... so I put them back in the kennel... I...
  12. A

    Agression during brooding

    G'day all! Sorry I haven't got back to everyone who has replied to other threads yet - have been super busy! Recently upgraded my hutch to a 1.5 x 1.5 x 2m aviary, and installed gravity feeders and waterers to the wall, and also lots of hiding spots, hay and also live grass. My females have...
    • Aussie92
    • Thread
    • agression brooding eggs female laying quail
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  13. hllewellyn

    Trouble in paradise - female on male aggression

    Hi all! I have a pair of ducks, one drake Indian runner and one female mixed breed, for about 2 years now. They've always been so sweet and doting.. the male follows the female everywhere and is very sweet to her. They have been together since ducklings. We have recently moved house to south...
    • hllewellyn
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    • agression ducks help
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. binji

    drake territorial over pool

    i have two drakes and only two drakes, and one has become very aggressive over the SHARED pool. he wont let his brother OR me into it,which i think might be part of why fionn's feathers got so bad. they still have the creek, but it's kind of hard to get down to it and id rather them not have to...
    • binji
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    • agression drakes territory
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
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