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I feel sorry for him because the hens do pick on him, as chickens do, and since he's an only child the aggression is pretty concentrated even though the pullets are only a few months older than him. They're being hormonal too and very cranky/broody with their first eggs. He spends most of his...

I can see how it'd look that way without context. The first time he nailed me, he was asking to be picked up to go inside. He got me when I tried to do so. He's been picked up to come inside since he was 3 days old, so I think he feels he HAS to come to me to come inside not that he wanted to be...

I guess being a teen boy is the same for all animals. I know in dogs, males (and some females) go through a "fear period" in their teen years. If something traumatic happens to them, it can be really hard to deal with the results because they're primed to make those associations. It appears...

Little guy came up to me and allowed himself to be picked up without pecking this evening. He thought about it really hard and tensed but decided to make good choices LOL. Hopefully in a few more days he'll stop biting/pecking all together.

What a witch! That's definitely a situation where you need to be the Top Bird - I'm glad it worked out for you. Hens can be really obnoxious too sometimes but drawing blood definitely crosses a line. Thank you for the advice - this is pretty close to what I've been doing. I actually did don...

TL;DR: serama cockerel was watched by a sitter for 2 weeks and was handled too roughly - now he bites when you try to pick him up More detail: Lucky Duck is a 4 mo old cockerel who's hormones hit 3 days before I went out of town. Usually I rehome cockerels well before the hormones hit but he...