bullying hens

  1. S

    New member in need of help with mean chicken's!

    I am pretty new to chickens still and first acquired 14 baby chicks a few months back. I had no problems out of them other than having too many roosters and a couple of chickens that were kinda buttheads that I decided to rehome to a friend of mine that is able to have her chickens free range...
  2. K

    Chicken being bullied by flock after injury

    Hi all, One of our sweet chickens was attacked by a fox in November and survived, but most of her feathers were pulled out on her backside. This trauma sent her into a heavy molt and it has taken months for her to refeather. Unfortunately, in addition to this, the flock of 6 has been bullying...
  3. E

    New to keeping hens - need some tips on my re-homed girls

    Hi everyone, I'm completely new here and have stumbled across this forum while trying to catch-up on my hen homework, (as it were). I'm new to keeping hens and have stumbled across a 2 main issues I'd appreciate some tips and tricks on. I've rehomed 3 hens: a buff orpington, a dominique (or...
    • EmilyT
    • Thread
    • bullying bullying hens help anyone😰😰😰😭😭 new arrivals pecking at one chicken skittish
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  4. FatChicksDigMe

    HELP! Isolating Bullies Together?

    Hi guys, I have a small flock of 10 bantams in an enclosed run (90 ft^2). Three of the bantams are seramas so they take even less space. Unfortunately, my two d'uccle pullets are getting bullied unnecessarily/unwarranted by my mottled cochin and EE bantam, which causes my silkie and green queen...
  5. lunahills

    Bad start with chickens; now what?

    We moved into our house a year ago and it came with a nice prefab coop, about 3x5 feet. The attached enclosure is about 30 sq ft total which includes the space under the coop. We didn’t get any chickens last year because things were crazy, but this past April we ended up taking two 6 month olds...
    • lunahills
    • Thread
    • bullying hens introducing chickens new to chickens pecking order small pen
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  6. H

    I think our silkie is depressed??

    We had 2 beautiful silkies and unfortunately one of them was killed by a hawk 😭 so now we just have 1 left. We finally got an enclosure where it’s covered but she won’t be able to be a free range chicken again due to this mean old hawk. But over time (it’s been 3 weeks since the death) our other...
  7. S

    First egg layer being picked on

    I’m new to owning chickens but I cannot find any articles anywhere that explains my flock. I have 4 chickens—I got all 4 May 7th. 3 of the 4 were brand new and one was a week to 1.5 wks older (my Easter Egger which was advertised as an Ameraucana). The Easter egger has always been the more...
  8. poulet2016

    What to do about my most picked on hen?

    Hello there, My sweetest, most submissive and smallest hen is also the bottom of the pecking order (surprise!). She's 4 and has been with the same flock of 5 her whole life. 2 years ago we added 3 more to the family. Every year she molts first in late summer and gets pecked at to the point of...
  9. BokBokChicky

    Cockerel bullying pullets. Help!

    Our cockerel (4 months old) is bullying all of our pullets (4 months and 3 month) he jumps on top of them and starts pecking at their head, all the other cockerels peck the pullets at nighttime when they're about to roost. We're keeping the bully rooster that jumps on hens in a coop outside...
  10. hot_breakfast

    How to stop older hens from bullying younger hens?

    I recently got 2 young hens, both of them are around 2-3 months old. My older hens are around 1 year and 4 months old, and they won't stop bullying the younger ones. The little ones are too scared to even come out and drink water. What should I do?
  11. M

    Quail Couple Picking on One

    Hi, I joined this community because I decided to finally get myself into quails. I got them on May 23 and they were about 6 weeks. I bought 5, but unfortunately one passed away a week after I got her. I still don't know why, the breeder informed me it must have been just the stress of moving...
    • monaelisac
    • Thread
    • bullying hens female aggression fighting quail male attacking female
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Quail
  12. L

    Cockerel chick with Male Quail?

    Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post this still haven’t figured this website out and this is my first time keeping bids so please be kind. I got a little chick last month and he has grown into a lovely little cockerel about 5-6 weeks old, I named him Ron. He was raised alongside his...
  13. Georgeschicks

    weird chicken behavior and injured chicken

    hi! this is a kind of complicated story so sorry in advance. I also have two issues here that I need help with. I have six chickens. 4 are two years old and were raised together as day old chicks. they are 2 easter eggers a bcm and a delaware. about six months later we introduced two more who...
  14. M

    My molters are being mean to my silkie. Please help.

    Hi, I could really use your help. I have 6 hens. 5 are large breeds and all are moulting (2 RI Reds, 1 Sussex and 1 Americauna, 1 silkie). The silkie is the oldest. Historically they have all gotten along great over the last 2 years. Last april we lost a silkie to cocci. All of a sudden, when...
  15. EggMan207

    Integration idea/question: new girls, and new coop

    So, I have 8 existing girls in a coop/run. I bought 8 more that are 6 weeks. I also bought a new coop. The last integration I did was really rough/violent. So, I had an idea. What if, I put the new girls in the new coop until the are 14-16 weeks by themselves. Then, integrate the older ones 2...
  16. GoldenCometKeeper

    Bullied Hen

    I have a flock of 5 hens and one rooster. Lately we have noticed some bullying going on in the flock. One hen, Pinky, is being singled out by every single chicken. The rest don't let her get near them, they run her off, peck her, chase her. She has to forage by herself, she can't socialize, and...
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