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  1. R

    Why are all my usually sweet chicks suddenly being the meanest birds I’ve ever met?

    I have 9 chicks/hens (got them end of April as day olds) and 3 are laying so far 2 olive ethers and one copper maran. I also have 3 3year olds 3 4 year olds and 1 9 year old. All of my birds except for one of the 3 year olds know that my 9 year old is the boss. Although she doesn’t usually peck...
  2. TheBirdBabe

    Mama doesnt teach manners

    Hello everyone! I recently purchased 3 chicks in the last few weeks for one of my mama hens. She was unsuccessful at hatching some eggs.. so naturally, I felt bad for her & needed to get her some. 😆 She's been a great mom until the last few days. She's more "hands" off now & let's the babies...
    • TheBirdBabe
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    • aggressive behavior aggressive bird aggressive chick bad behavior bad behaviour chicks mean mean chick mean chicken
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  3. TheBirdBabe

    Help! MEAN chick!

    I have fresh chicks that are days old (one was born 2 days earlier than the other 2). The oldest chick is MEAN! She keeps grabbing the other chick's beaks & shaking them around! 😭 Their beaks were totally normal.. but now they're damaged! Should I isolate the mean one? They're still with mama in...
  4. Z

    Injured chick

    OK new chicken owner here and I could use some help. My five pullets are four months old they've gotten along great up until today. This morning I noticed that one of them had some damage to her comb. I'm not sure if it was done by one of the others overnight but the blood was dried so I cleaned...
  5. Sherryspat8

    4 week old RIR Drama!🐔

    Hello! I am a new chicken mom 🙋‍♀️! I brought home six (2 day old) chicks on Feb 27th from the local feed store, where they stated 90% of the chicks are females. I got 2 buffs, 2 EE's, 1 BR, and 1 RIR. From the get go, I knew one of the buffs was a male (Lemon) - and he happens to be the most...
    • Sherryspat8
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    • agressive chick baby chicks bully help isolation male attacking female mean chick rhode island red chicks rir sexing
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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