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  1. Samanternat

    Non layer in nesting box and being picked on

    Hi all! Still trying to figure out what is going on in my flock, and with one hen in particular. Here is the breakdown… I have a flock of 4 (2 hatch-mate pairs that stick together) that have been living peacefully together for almost 9 months: 11 mo. Rooster - Winnie 11 mo. Hen, non laying -...
  2. W

    Brooding and/or Bullying?

    First time chicken owner and not sure what to do with Ginger, a Rhode Island Red who’s been pecking my other two girls (an Easter egger and Wyandotte). She’s stopped laying the last 5 days and I assume brooding based on her puffed up feathers and growling. We tried separating her in the run in...
  3. S

    Feather Plucking

    Hi everyone! I am currently dealing with a feather plucking issue and would LOVE some new ideas. I had the culprit separated for 3 days previously and when reintroduced everything seemed to be fine. However today I noticed the one hen she is bothering is becoming more bald again. They have a...
  4. S

    Please help – months-long feather issues that I just can’t solve.

    I have 3 hens roughly 10 months old (1 Lavender Orpington, 1 Easter Egger, 1 ISA Brown.) All are laying, eating, drinking, and pooping consistently and normally and show no other signs of disease or distress. At first I thought it was feather picking on the back of the smallest hen (the Easter...
  5. S

    Chickens bullying and attacking the smallest hen in the flock

    Hi! I've been a lurker for quite some time and am finally making my first post! Unfortunately, I'm in a situation that I need help with. I have a flock of 5 hens. They are 10 months old and were raised together from day one. I have four larger hens - easter eggers, plymouth rock, americauna -...
  6. M

    Pecked, or Pox?

    This is Kowalski, my six month old Black Copper Marans chicken nemesis. Another chicken can lay an egg next to her and she'll ignore it, but if she sees me reaching for it, she'll fight me for it and break it, if she can get to it first. She also has developed a taste for my fingers. She is a...
  7. StinkyAcres

    How to stop Muscovy ducks from bullying each other?

    I specifically got all female Muscovy ducks to avoid bullies but I soon learned that doesn't keep them from picking on each other. When it is egg-laying season they chase each other daily, sometimes pulling feathers, drawing blood, and almost drowning each other, and I have had to separate them...
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    • attacking bullying chasing fighting muscovy ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. aquarii_N

    Blind hen needs new home!!!

    My blind hen is getting SEVERELY bullied to the point of broken skin and missing a LOT of feathers. We can’t give her a good enough home here, and if anyone is in or near our location who takes in injured or disabled hens, we need to rehome her FAST before she gets so badly hurt that there might...
  9. M

    Feather loss, egg abnormalities but almost no behaviour change.

    Apologies for the (likely) long post here. Trying my hardest to save a hen! Situation: I have an (approx) 2.5 year-old hybrid. She used to rule the roost (of two), but when my second hybrid was attacked by a fox and killed, I got a young black rock to replace her. The logic here was to get a...
  10. C

    Accidentally got a small cockerel yesterday thinking it was the same size as our hens. Need advice

    I went to tractor supply for chicken food yesterday and they had an animal swap going on. I took my toddler to go look at the animals. There was a small Easter egger for $10. It was a small cage and I thought it was a hen, I also thought it was the same size as our Easter egger at home (5 months...
  11. Apolinne

    duckling bullying and hurting everyone

    Hello friends, once again I need advice. I have 8 runner ducks they are all hatch mates, now 5 weeks old, almost 6. The smallest duckling (Kepler - he was a stargazer), who hatched last and still is a little bit smaller than everyone else (but not by much) is a total jerk. For about a week now...
    • Apolinne
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    • bullying ducklings ducks indian runners ducks
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. M

    Bullying

    I couldn't find anything in previous discussion that is like the situation that I have. We have a mixed flock (Barred Rock(6 , 1 a rooster), 2 Marans, 1 Easter egger, 2 Gold Stars, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte). All these chickens are a year and half ago and have been together in the same coop/ run...
  13. Outnumbered23sons

    Feather pecking and how to stop it… Please help!!!

    Hello, I am a first time “poster” on here but have been visiting this site since I got my chickens 1.5 years ago. I appreciate all the helpful information I’ve found on this site, and thank you!! I am reaching out today, to see if anybody has any ideas of how to stop my chickens from pecking at...
  14. C

    Fighting flock after rooster culled?

    Need advice. We culled our rooster about 2 weeks ago as half the girls had bare backs and shoulders, he put a gaping wound on the side of one and was starting to attack me. Things were going okay. Now there are a lot of side fights going on in the hen population. I have 16 hens. I know the...
  15. H

    Can't stop feather picking and bullying

    Hello All, I'm brand new to this forum so I'm not sure where to best place to post this, so sorry if it landed in the wrong place. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated! I'm having trouble with excessive feather picking and bullying. We have 6 hens...Black Jersey Giant, Black...
  16. fvnewbie

    Borderline Bullies

    I am a new chicken owner this year. Got 4 Rhode Island Reds and 4 Buff Orpingtons in two time periods so raised them separately until recently. The Orps are 3 months old and the Reds are 3.5 months old. The Orps are not drawing blood but terrorize the Reds constantly. They corner them in...
  17. G

    Broody, Bullied, or Both?

    One of my hens, Plum, has been broody on and off for the past few months. Each time I've taken her off the nest and taken all the eggs away and that has "broken" the broodiness for a few weeks. My other hen, Peach, was recently broody for the first time a few weeks ago, but she appeared to have...
  18. T

    Bullied chicken is aggressive with me.

    I couldn’t find an answer to this anywhere - so I’d really appreciate any help! I have a flock of 4 hens, no rooster. 2 Anconas and 2 Blue Cuckoo Marans. All are the same age - bought together as chicks, raised together. Three of them get along great. But one of my Marans (She’s physically...
  19. H

    Chickens and Ducks together in run - Help!!

    SOS!! I got 2 cutie ducks a few weeks ago (they're now 6 weeks!!) I did a slow introduction over the course of ~10 days or so and all seemed well! I have 8 chickens currently and have been noticing that 3 of my RIR chickens (unsure if they're pullets or cockerels at this point) are bullying the...
  20. Layla_Chickens

    What is going on with my silkie hen?

    I have a silkie hen and she has never had chicks but has layed normally. So now she has decided she wants to have chicks so she's been in the nesting box and protecting her eggs and everything and I couldn't be more proud. But before anything happened I had introduced another hen I had from my...
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