The kids help fill their feeders and do feed them out of their hands from time to time. But when she has been attacking it seems to have no rhyme or reason.
They have been very well cared for and we even noticed how much more friendly and cuddly the buffs have been compared to our other chickens when they were little. So the sudden change in behavior has thrown us for a loop. My older son has done a good job of standing his ground with her. But...
No, she has not even started laying yet. Aside from her red comb and waddles, she's not doing the crouch behavior that all my chickens exhibited right before they started laying.
We have added three chickens to our flock this year. Two Buff Orpingtons and one Silver Laced Wyandotte. They are at the 20 or so week mark and have integrated with our older flock of six. Only the Wyandotte has started laying. Over the last couple weeks one of our Buffs has started attacking my...