My Brahma was the top of the pecking order and sup until about 3 wks ago she was the boss over our rhode island red and even the rooster s large docile blue cochin. We have a buff orp who is second in line of the order but remains neutral to the fighting that's recently started and won't stop...
Hello, I know this thread is old but I have a similar issue with one of our young hens. I am fairly certain her eye injury was caused by pecking by her buddy who turned out to be a rooster and I had caught him pecking at her head and body the same day I noticed her eye was extremely swollen and...
Thank you I appreciate the response it was helpful. I have been watching her for about an hour and half and she seems to have stopped for the time being but I will continue to monitor it for the day and analyze her poop. It may have been that she did work out what was in there after all( I...
Hello, MY chicken began doing this repeated yawning thing with opening her mouth and its not her usual behavior. Ive recently had them checked at the vet and their poop was all clear for worms. Is gape worm something thats checked in stool samples or simply the throat? Could it be somthing else...
Thank you everyone for the advice, I will continue to keep them separate until the little ones are older/ bigger and the bigger ones do peck when we let them mingle for a few mins at a time but we intervene . I will check out the links thanks for the info too. Were crazy about chickens and are...
Hello, we just finally got our chicks this past weekend....two that are ~5 weeks old and two that are probably a few days to a week old. All different breeds...1 bantam, 1 brahma, 1 cochin and 1 rhode island red( I think)....Will they all get along once they grow up? We're separating the younger...