MolliMonster99
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- Jul 22, 2021
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Hi all!
I have a flock of 5 runner ducks, 2 Cayuga ducks, 2 ISA brown hens, a golden dutch bantam hen and 2 polish bantam hens. This post is about one of my female runners, Hannibal. I hatched Hannibal and her 4 runner duck siblings back in 2021. There were originally 6 but one passed back in February.
Hannibal is typically quiet and calm, but the past week and a bit there has been a huge change in her personality. Last Saturday we let everyone out of the run to forage and out of nowhere she started to attack one of the ISA brown hens. At first I thought the chicken, Merryweather, had started it as she used to bully my Cayuga girls. Since then we have caught her numerous times grabbing Merryweathers chest feathers and face feathers while quacking madly. We have always split them up when this has happened and so far there have been no injuries. Tonight we caught her attacking her sister Hazel, again out of nowhere.
She is completely fine with myself and my partner, she leaves the bantams alone and so far she hasn't gone for her 2 brothers, her other sister or the Cayuga girls. We are planning on making another coop to separate the ducks and chickens at night but I am really concerned about where this sudden aggression has come from.
The runners and ISA browns have lived together for 3 years, the Cayugas moved in 2 years ago and the bantams have been with them for 6 months. There have been no issues with mating, they have plenty of food and water as well as space.
I'm concerned I may need to take her to the vet in case there is something causing this change, but she's eating fine, drinking fine, bathing fine, etc. this is all completely new and it's breaking my heart. Does anyone know what could be causing this or what I can do?
I have a flock of 5 runner ducks, 2 Cayuga ducks, 2 ISA brown hens, a golden dutch bantam hen and 2 polish bantam hens. This post is about one of my female runners, Hannibal. I hatched Hannibal and her 4 runner duck siblings back in 2021. There were originally 6 but one passed back in February.
Hannibal is typically quiet and calm, but the past week and a bit there has been a huge change in her personality. Last Saturday we let everyone out of the run to forage and out of nowhere she started to attack one of the ISA brown hens. At first I thought the chicken, Merryweather, had started it as she used to bully my Cayuga girls. Since then we have caught her numerous times grabbing Merryweathers chest feathers and face feathers while quacking madly. We have always split them up when this has happened and so far there have been no injuries. Tonight we caught her attacking her sister Hazel, again out of nowhere.
She is completely fine with myself and my partner, she leaves the bantams alone and so far she hasn't gone for her 2 brothers, her other sister or the Cayuga girls. We are planning on making another coop to separate the ducks and chickens at night but I am really concerned about where this sudden aggression has come from.
The runners and ISA browns have lived together for 3 years, the Cayugas moved in 2 years ago and the bantams have been with them for 6 months. There have been no issues with mating, they have plenty of food and water as well as space.
I'm concerned I may need to take her to the vet in case there is something causing this change, but she's eating fine, drinking fine, bathing fine, etc. this is all completely new and it's breaking my heart. Does anyone know what could be causing this or what I can do?
