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  1. Spicegirlfam

    Intetgrating 3 year old Chickens? Is it possible?

    Hello, We currently have 2, 3 year old chickens and a friend is moving out who also happens to have many 3 year old chickens. She offered to give us some, and since we have been wanting more we thought I was a great idea. But, due to the prospect of bullying and/or fighting we haven't made...
  2. 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
  3. J

    Bullying and chicken jail questions

    Hello chicken experts! I did a few forum searches to see if I could find the answer to these questions, but was unsuccessful in figuring out the specific answer I need. I have four hens that are just shy of a year and a half old. They were sleeping in a coop that was too small to them for too...
  4. F

    Runner ducks are suddenly being aggressive to each other

    I have owned three duck runners for almost a year now, all this time everything has gone smoothly, they have clean water, access to water for swimming and food every day. Occasionally they hold each other's head underwater when they swim, but only for a few seconds, and other than that they get...
    • Fixxie
    • Thread
    • aggressive attacking bullying duck runners
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. zed07

    HELP! Lethargic chicken collapsed :(

    Hello! Please help~ One of our hens out of three has collapsed. This is the second time after yesterday, but she got up and acted normally after that, however this time she couldn’t manage to get herself up. She had been acting poorly a week and a half ago, she wouldn’t move much and her comb...
  6. SophiaLinn

    Chicken has bald back. Not mites or molting.

    Background: I have a hen who is definitely on the bottom of the pecking order, ever since she was introduced with 2 others a year ago (we followed all the rules of integrating chickens). She previously had a pecking wound on her head that I was able to heal. She is still picked on regularly and...
  7. T

    Agressive new rooster

    I adopted a lovely new rooster in need of a home from the humane society yesterday. He seems to be fitting in well and is friendly around me. The only problem is that he keeps attacking my dominant roister to the point that he tries to run out of the barn whenever he gets the chance. I'm not...
  8. AverageJess

    Hen Bullying and Feather Plucking

    Just want to start off saying that there's a lot going on here and I don't feel particularly articulate today, so hopefully it all makes sense. Let me know if any clarification is needed. We have 3 hens total (2 Orps and 1 Cinnamon Queen) and unfortunately the Buff and the Queen bully the...
  9. R

    Missing feathers, barbs still in tact

    Yesterday, I noticed that one of my girls looked like she had injured her neck. She is one that is very skittish around us, so the only time I could inspect her is at night. I couldn’t see any broken skin, but the back of her neck and onto her back, she’s missing feathers but still has the barbs...
  10. Kkaysue

    Confusing Hen Behavior

    I am at a complete loss as to what is going on and I’ve been researching but I don’t know what’s going on. I have one hen who seems to be isolating herself from the rest of the flock. I noticed her standing by herself yesterday and went to close their door at 11pm with negative winter...
  11. S

    Should I keep my ducks separated?

    Hello, all! Quick question. I have 2 ducks, about 4 months old, a male and a female. The male keeps pinning down the female by her neck. I took this as bullying and separated them, because I read somewhere that they're not sexually active until they're 1 years old, and any behavior like this...
    • SharkNewt
    • Thread
    • bullying ducks mating ducks
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. L

    Chick hatched late and is having trouble fitting in with the other chicks

    Most of my chicks hatched on day 20 but one hatched on day 23, now that the chick has dried mostly it sits at the window of the incubator crying for attention and i mean CRYING😭 I feel so bad for it but it just isnt quite strong enough to take on six curious and somewhat mean chicks, these...
    • LuckyMotherhen
    • Thread
    • advice advice on chicks bullying chicks chicks 1 day chicks day 3 help ! lonely lonely chick sad
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  13. C

    Pinless Peepers

    Hello! In reading everyone’s comments here and elsewhere I have decided on painless peepers for my 2 bully hens - I have two who are just outright mean girls…I put them on last night and this AM they are still trying to take them off - is this normal; how long before they go back to...
  14. D

    Bullying

    I previously bought two Pekin chicks that had hatched this past monday. I am having a problem with the slight larger chick (Clarence) bullying my smaller chick (Rico). Clarence will grab at Rico’s feet and beak and even peck at his eyes. They are only 4 days old and I don’t feel separating them...
  15. S

    Introductions...bullying or normal behavior?

    I have 2 older hens (Easter Egger and Australorp). I was given an older hen (looks like the Easter Egger but much smaller) because she was being bullied and has no feathers on top and back of her head. (They had her for a few weeks from someone who didn't want chickens any more.) So currently...
  16. KGQuail24

    Bullying at onset of laying?

    We are new to quail keeping and have a small flock of 6 Coturnix hens; 3 are brown/pharaoh and 3 are golden/Italian. We got them at 4 weeks of age and now they are 8 weeks old. All has been going pretty perfectly until 2 major changes happened yesterday - nervous activity from the birds overall...
    • KGQuail24
    • Thread
    • bullying coturnix laying
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  17. M

    chicks pecking at each other

    This past easter my hen had hatched out 2 chicks so they're currently about 7-8 weeks old. This evening when i got home from work i had noticed one of the chicks (we'll call this one chick A) hiding under the small space we have under our nesting boxes, and quickly realized that it was severely...
  18. R

    Hen Bullying

    My hen Nugget is slowly recovering from Marek's Disease. It’s been three weeks and she’s walking better and more every day! We have two coops so she’s been living alone in the additional coop. I thought putting her back with the flock would motivate her to be more active, but when I did that...
  19. B

    All new mixed coop - bantams AND full size?

    We are getting 5/6 full size POL hens this weekend, all hybrid mixed breeds. No hens or roosters at the property currently. While there, I had hoped to also pick up one or two Pekin Bantams to add in with the coop at the same time. As none of the hens have lived together before, do I stand a...
  20. J

    Bullying

    Hi everyone! I have a flock of ten chickens, with two groups of five integrated at different times. My older hens are two years old and my newer hens are a year old. Of my older ladies, recently the smallest hen has been getting picked on pretty seriously by most of the rest of the flock. Her...
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