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  1. L

    Please help :( my chickens are scared of me. Rooster problems?

    I’ll try to keep this brief! We got our 11 chicks back in august and got 1 rooster and 10 hens, which is exactly what we wanted. I raised them all by hand and they’ve always been very friendly with me. When we transferred them outside anytime I open the door and come out they run to the edge to...
    • lolobearleo
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    • aggresive rooster behavior change behavior issues behavior problems behavior questions roos scared scared chicken scared chickens
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  2. P

    Which Rooster should I ax?

    I have an established flock of chickens with 23 hens and 2 roosters (1 Ameraucana and 1 Spanish game?) and they are all about 1 year old now. They were all raised together except for Spanish rooster (not exactly sure on the breed but suspect it’s a game) was introduced later as we rehabilitated...
  3. K

    3 female ducks used to be close friends – now one is kicked out of the clique & lonely :(

    A couple months ago, I added 3 new female Muscovy ducks to my flock. The lonesome duck now in question, DW, first arrived as alpha, but she's quickly plummeted to the bottom of the hierarchy amidst the total flock of 7 I have (3 chicken hens, 1 duck drake, then these 3 duck ladies). I can tell...
    • kiwibird143
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    • behavior behavior issues behavior problems duck stress stressed duck
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. 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
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    • 9+ weeks behavior change behavior issues behavior problems button quail expanding gender help sexing
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  5. P

    Roosters, confined spaces and re-establishing dominance

    Hey folks, could do with some advice on re-establishing the human/cockerel pecking order. We ended up with two bantam roos in our small flock who were misidentified as pullets, but they were all raised together and seem to be getting on reasonably okay still. Blackwell has always been pretty...
  6. 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
  7. C

    Younger turkeys all attacking old female turkey

    The babies are around 5 months and at first we thought it was the young males trying to establish a pecking order but then noticed they were all going after an old female. Not sure if turkeys try to kill off older turkeys as an evolutionary thing? Thanks for any info!
    • CCEllison
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    • behavior issues behavior problems fighting old old chickens turkey turkey aggression turkey behavior
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Turkeys
  8. 3speckled3

    Unfriendly Hen?

    I have a 3 year old silkie/frizzle mix who absolutely refuses to get along with other chickens. Over the years I have tried pairing her with different roosters and hens but she always starts fights; however, she is super friendly with humans. In fact, she loves to cuddle. The thing is, she...
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