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  1. G

    Help my chicken is attacking the pullets

    I just got 4 pullets and currently have 6 adults, i have a super big run so we give the adults free range of it and the chicks are in a mini run/coop inside of the big one. Whenever i try to let the pullets out with the adults one chicken tries to attack them, its been about 2-3 months and she...
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    Hattie reaches high to pick a red tomato, drops it on the ground to eat it, and Aurora runs over to take it from her. Aurora then plucks a green tomato and drops it on the ground as if to say, "you can eat green ones Hattie".
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  3. 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
  4. L

    MEAN Cochin….Is it a rooster?

    Please Help! I have a 16 week Cochin. She? is awful. Just started mounting two of the other hens when they were just laying down minding their own business and she all of a sudden will turn and grab one of the other chickens head, neck or wing and hold on while they scream. I thought a predator...
  5. 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...
  6. B

    Are Dominque chickens angry/bullies?

    I recently got a Dominicker, what I’ve been taught to call Dominque chickens, as a replacement for a chick that died. The chick I originally bought was either a Barred Rock or Dominicker. Anyway, my dad raised Dominickers and Rhode Island Reds, so did my mom but she had more variety, and my dad...
  7. A

    Chicken not friendly to new chickens

    Hi, We’ve had chickens for almost 2 yrs now. Throughout that time, we’ve lost a few and were left with one, who happened to be the “leader” of the flock. The day she lost her sister we immediately went and picked up 3 new ones of the same or similar age to keep her company. The 3 new ones are...
  8. MotherofChickensUK

    1 Bully chicken in the coop at night

    hi guys, hoping for some help, we introduced 4 Gingernut rangers to our flock of now 5 hybrid hens 2 months ago, there was some chasing off of the newbies initially but nothing too bad, the only issue we have is our Speckledy hen is really mean in the coop at night, everyone comes in roosts gets...
  9. Redhousecoops

    First time selling a hen

    I’ve only ever rehomed roosters before. Yesterday I sold my first hen for $20. She is an OG already laying. Today I got a message from the lady who bought her that the hen was mean and attacking her chickens and she didn’t want her. She was over an hour away so she said her friend who had free...
  10. M

    My mean little heffer(s)

    Ok. So I have 2 mean little heffers. One in my flock of Sapphire Gem pullets. She will get a hold of my skin and twist it. I think she does it to get treats. But guess what? No treats when she acts that way. Normally she’s just as nice as the other ones. It’s only when there are treats on the...
  11. 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
  12. MysticUniKitty

    Hen behavior and integration question

    We did 3 week of see but no touch, 3 days of 9 week olds mingle with younger ones in coop (those ones run freely after the first week cuz hens kept getting in with them and roughing them up) while hens were in run... two days ago finally let everyone out and other then the get out of my way...
  13. Everlyneedle

    Introducing Babies

    hey there! I’ve been a chicken owner for 3 years now, and have had a lot of trouble adjusting my original flock. After one of my four passed due to egg peritonitis, I tried to introduce a full-sized pullet using the separation method for a month. My chickens drew blood on her neck, and she had...
  14. KirbyH

    Update on Mean Chicken

    Just want to relate how the situation with the mean, aggressive chicken (Big Bad Red) turned out. We separated the chicken from the rest of the flock and put her in an area where she had her own private residence but shared the fenced space with our two silkies. We kept her there for about 6...
  15. KirbyH

    One mean chicken (update)

    The problem began with one chicken being beaten up on and injured by another. I removed that chicken until she healed and then determined who was picking on her. It looked like standard pecking order wars so I then removed the offending chicken. What happened when I did this is a whole slew of...
  16. chicken420

    Mean chicken!?

    I introduced a new chicken to my flock of four and the weakest chicken in the pecking order is not having this new member and constantly attacks this new chicken everytime she eats or drinks. There is 5 chickens total no roosters. The newest member always submits or runs away but its sad seeing...
  17. Farmgirl217

    Mean chicken pecking at others???

    Hi all!! I have had my four girls since about early September (they are all EE). Things have all gone fairly smoothly, that is, until recently. One of my girls is now continually pecking at the others, primarily one in particular. The one she is pecking on, and my other girls all get along...
  18. gibsosyd

    My Gold laced Orpington has a taste for blood..

    Hello everyone! So my Gold laced Orpington, Boo, is 8.5 months old. I hatched her from an incubator and she pretty much hatched out in my hands..so I have been around her every day since. She's so beautiful and I love her so much and she laid her first egg on January 12th and since has laid 15...
  19. Allisonlovesnancy

    Help!!

    Hello, we recently got four chickens and we have only had them for a week. Today when I took out my chicken Nancy to hold her(I do this every day, I stand by the coop/ run so she can still her friends) I noticed she had some feathers missing on her forehead, it was not like that before and it...
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