pullet behavior

  1. K

    My Chicken Becomes Hysterical Before Laying

    My young chicken (Red-sexed born in Sept. 2018) becomes hysterical & spastic running & jumping around the cage about 1-2 hours before laying an egg, her first egg she was much quieter and seems to escalate each day. The coop/cage has a quiet, separate darkened nesting box indoors, so free from...
  2. aliciaFarmer

    Pullet keeps fighting cockerel, advice needed

    A few days ago my sweet Golden Cuckoo Marans, Rowen (23 weeks old), attacked my Welsummer cockerel, Wren (18 weeks old), for no apparent reason that I could see. I was right there but it happened so fast. He may have tried to mate with her but doubtful as I haven't seen him attempt such things...
  3. Kota Mitera

    I think my girls are teen-agers

    My first flock were rescues. We were not sure of their age but I thought well over 2 possibly 3 or 4 years old. They were sedate and well mannered. As we lost them one by one (only one disappeared) we started thinking about a new flock. Our granddaughter happily took our smaller coop and the...
  4. S

    Silkie/bantam introduction

    Hi, I have 1 young silkie pullet (I think) that I have only had for about 2 weeks that I bought in a pullet pair but the other one has passed away, but I feel my silkie is lonely so I have found a little bantam hen that is up for sale due to being picked on by the rest of the other chickens. I...
  5. C

    Pullet not clucking?

    Hello all! I am new here to BYC and super happy to have finally joined. I've learned so much just scrolling through the forums, so it'll be neat to finally be a part of it! Sorry if my question is in the wrong subthread, just let me know and ill move it! So around the first week June of this...
  6. ShellyBlanco

    Are Leghorns Just Copycats?

    This morning when I went to the coop to feed, one of my Leghorns was singing the egg laying song. That is what I call it, since some of my RIRs that lay sing this song either before or after laying an egg. I was taking care of some little "chicken soups" when she started singing and I thought...
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