behavior change

  1. QuailsAreSmallDinosaurs

    Help! A sudden behavior change!

    Recently, one of my button quail's behavior changed a lot. This had me very confused and I honestly don't know what to do, I need some help. In the beginning of January I bought two button quails from a local pet store, according to the employee they are both females. One is white and the other...
    • QuailsAreSmallDinosaurs
    • Thread
    • 9+ weeks behavior change behavior issues behavior problems button quail expanding gender help sexing
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  2. My Bagurks

    Depressed rooster?

    I have a flock of 32 chickens. I currently have 5 roosters (I know, I know) but I am trying to downsize my flock. I put an ad up on a local website and sold two hens on Saturday. I will get the rooster to hen ratio correct soon, but wanted to give people that could use laying hens or roosters a...
  3. Countryhippie

    Rooster Squatting

    My Rooster is roughly 16 weeks old and over the past week I noticed a new strange behavior. Every time I go near him he squats close to the ground and creeps away. I don’t know why he started doing this as up to a week ago he would come running over to me to get his treats. It’s like he’s...
  4. C

    Help! Sick chicken since August! Keeps laying down, losing weight, not laying, lethargic

    A little backstory: I have a Lavender Orpington hen that was born June 2019. She was vaccinated for Mereks by the hatchery before being shipped. On September 2020 she was attacked by a wild animal and survived bites on her back and neck. With a lot of TLC, she was better and acting normal with...
  5. junibug

    hen scared of me

    hello! i posted a while back about my hen, leela. she’s healing well after the attack, but is absolutely terrified of me now! she’s always been the most affectionate and tame chicken ever :( everytime i move towards her, she does the hen squat (?) which she’s never done before, and when i picked...
  6. Alex998

    Chicken Trying to Escape

    Hello! New chicken owner here, and I have 17 chickens (1 Rooster 16 Hens). One of them is pretty old and is very small, and the other hens (never the rooster) will peck her head and pick on her. There is no visible damage on her head, and no missing feathers. However, whenever I open the egg...
  7. elkies-coop

    Does my chicken have worms? Neck shaking, white blobs in droppings, lethargic.

    My approximately 1 year old Ameraucana, Nettle, hasn't been her usual self this week. I let all my hens (6 total) out of their coop/run every morning, but yesterday and the day before Nettle had little energy. She would come out and just plop down in the grass while everyone else scratched...
  8. R

    Orpington Hen With Crop Issues. Gas in Crop Today. (Been Observing for Two Weeks. Long Post.)

    My darling Pomona (lavender Orpington hen, a little over two years old) has been having crop issues that we've been observing for two weeks, with a vet visit in between. We don't know what's going on, and would appreciate some guidance. I've written all our observations for background, but...
  9. J

    My khaki camble duck is acting weird plz help

    My male khaki camble duck that I hatched and raised is 6 years old hes always followed me kissed me loved me but now hes always hiding under the porch and running from everyone can some help me find out why I'm very worried
    • Jessem27
    • Thread
    • behavior change ducks help
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. kfsilver

    Chicken with swollen but SOFT belly

    I have a hen who has been the one who runs up to me, demanding that I carry her around, talking to her, as I examine the pasture. She is the one who will run to me when she has a feather out of place, and bawk at me until I fix it. She is feeling down, and I am worried. I love her. The facts...
  11. LindaO

    Sudden behavior change and patchy feathers

    Noticed a sudden behavior change in one of my red star hens. She is normally noisy, active, curious, and assertive (pecks). I had them shut in the coop for a couple days due to cold temperatures. When I checked on them she hung back, and later when I let them into the run, she peeked out the...
  12. L

    Odd Behavior - Shouting at Coop

    Hi all, I'm looking for a little advice on potential causes of some odd behavior. Apologies in advance, this is a bit of a strange one. One of our chickens, Furiosa (a cream legbar) is exhibiting some odd behaviour. She's absolutely fine in the mornings, runs out the coup to get her...
  13. H

    Broody hen?

    It's cold outside and I have one hen that comes in and sits on the couch. She isn't laying any eggs. She has the same attitude she gets when she is broody. She goes out to poop then fights to get back into the house and to her spot. She is around 2 1/2 and the friendliest hen I have. I have only...
  14. S

    Female mallard suddenly very irritable

    Hi everyone, I have a year old female mallard who I raised from an egg and she is very much imprinted in myself and my family. We got her another female runner duck of similar age to be her friend in our backyard. Recently our mallard has started acting very irritable and making a loud, hoarse...
    • saschoey
    • Thread
    • behavior change mallard duck quacking ducks spring
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. AlbertVinny

    Chickens not laying???

    Hi guys, I have 9 chickens (2 born spring 2019, 7 born spring 2020). One is molting so I understand her not laying eggs, but They only average 1-3 eggs a day! I am completely lost on why. They all look and act heathy and energetic, have access to oyster shell rocks, free range 6 acres, their...
  16. Vvaarr

    Weak rooster? Sick?

    I have a flock of 29 , a mix of hens and roosters. I walked out to my coop yesterday to find my one rooster laying down not moving(breathing just not moving). I checked him over and didn’t see any visible injuries. I took him out and put him in a cage with water and food while I went to work ...
  17. S

    Is our hen about to start laying or is there something else going on?

    On our farm we have 6 chickens, 2 of them are Bantam roosters, 2 are Rhode Island Red hens and the other 2 are Buckeye hens. They are right around that 4 month old mark. Our two roosters are showing the normal behaviors of roosters; the over protectiveness, the swelling of their chest and of...
  18. K

    Help. My Khaki Cambells are fighting.. On Week 4.5 and 2 of the 6 Khaki's are getting bullied/are Injured

    Hi Guys.. New to the water fowl world. Two of my ladies are getting bullied excessively and they're currently bleeding from the wings as they're growing in. I am trying to figure out fowl behavior. I have a sneaking suspicion one of them might be a drake in disguise.. but I am not sure when...
    • khakitroubles
    • Thread
    • aggressive behavior behavior behavior change help help ! help aggressive khaki cambell khaki cambells newbie questions
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. K

    Noisy chickens!!

    We have a flock of 8 hens who happily live in our back garden. They have an Eglu fox proof coop meaning in the summer they don’t need to be shut in their coop at night. Over the last few weeks one chicken in particular, (the second in the pecking order) has been making an extremely loud...
  20. S

    Rooster is acting strange

    Hello everyone, I am a new chicken owner and have a question about my rooster. I really had no interest in owning chickens but one day a family member showed up with some baby chicks and I am a very hands on person so I couldn’t help myself but to take over haha. I have 8 hens and 1 rooster and...
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