my rhode island reds are so mean!!!!!!!!!! - Page 5

i raised 5 rir chicks last summer, they are all now 8 months old and are sweeter than any of my barred rocks! Lady (my only hen from that batch) loves to be pet and snuggle above any of the others...she is actually the 2nd to lowest ranking in my flock...no aggression at all, the complete opposite. My males have yet to challenge me!

The picture you posted looks like my RIR roo, he was suppose to be a pullet and I got two roo's instead, had to put the more docile one of the two at my daughters, the one I have is starting to get aggressive with me, flying at me,scatching his foot on the ground like he is a bull and charging at me. He is about 5 1/2 months old, I sure hope its just puberty, cause he has my two pullets scared and hanging in the coop alot.

i just found someone gettin rid of some RIR's and am gettin 4 of em so....., hopefully they will not be aggressive! Good luck every1 

We have 7 pullets about 5-6 weeks old. 3 of the 7 are Rhode Island Reds and one has started pecking at the others hind quarters. Enough pecking done to one chicken that we saw blood and have used Blu Kote. The injured girl was isolated in a dog crate for most of the day but when night came they were all very nervous and seemed disturbed about the other chick away from the flock so I added her back to the flock and removed the bully who has done the pecking. I have gone through the list, made sure they have enough space, bought a new/bigger feeder, food is high in protein so I'm not sure if this chicken who we call "Buffy" is unhappy about something or just ornery. Does this breed tend to be aggressive, if so we want to take care of the problem sooner than later. It has been noticeable that one of the California Gray's takes after Buffy when she tried to be bad so I am hoping with the pecking order things will calm down. How long is it okay to keep one chicken isolated from the rest? During the day I will make sure they can see one another, but I fear for the smaller chickens as I don't want any more injuries.