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Very aggressive chick.....

post #1 of 8
8/4/12 at 12:47pm
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This is a first for me, I had a chick hatch out...maybe three weeks ago. Its only got wing feathers...rest fuzz and I know its a cockeral.....but he is so aggressive to the other chicks.he grabs them by the combs and trys to fight, ride their backs, flogg....I even caught him trying to breed another chick...... did I say he was still mostly fuzz. Talk about hormone overload!!!!!
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My Heart is Broken... I miss you my Sweet Sophie Puff Diva Chicken....
Living and working on a Zoo farm - 300 plus chickens, fancy pigeons, Sebbies geese, turkey, crested ducks, peafowl, ornamental pheasant and ducks, Black swans, Egyptian geese, African Crowned Cranes, Emu, fainting goats, mini zebu, mini horses,mini donkey, alpacas, llamas, horses, 5 Great Pyrenees and a cat.
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post #2 of 8
8/5/12 at 6:12am
He wasn't breeding he was showing aggression and the he's the boss. Hens will do that to each other to humiliate. GAH he sounds like a future cull.

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== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
Love those Orps!

I don't care why the chicken crossed the road, as long as mine don't!

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post #3 of 8
8/5/12 at 5:04pm
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He was actually hanging off the back of a turkey poultry , humping it...... seen all the other actions before...just not that in one so young. I'll be keeping an eye on that one.....
My Heart is Broken... I miss you my Sweet Sophie Puff Diva Chicken....
Living and working on a Zoo farm - 300 plus chickens, fancy pigeons, Sebbies geese, turkey, crested ducks, peafowl, ornamental pheasant and ducks, Black swans, Egyptian geese, African Crowned Cranes, Emu, fainting goats, mini zebu, mini horses,mini donkey, alpacas, llamas, horses, 5 Great Pyrenees and a cat.
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My Heart is Broken... I miss you my Sweet Sophie Puff Diva Chicken....
Living and working on a Zoo farm - 300 plus chickens, fancy pigeons, Sebbies geese, turkey, crested ducks, peafowl, ornamental pheasant and ducks, Black swans, Egyptian geese, African Crowned Cranes, Emu, fainting goats, mini zebu, mini horses,mini donkey, alpacas, llamas, horses, 5 Great Pyrenees and a cat.
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post #4 of 8
8/6/12 at 7:45am
I still say, future cull. WAY too agressive.

== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
Love those Orps!

I don't care why the chicken crossed the road, as long as mine don't!

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== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
Love those Orps!

I don't care why the chicken crossed the road, as long as mine don't!

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post #5 of 8
8/7/12 at 6:29pm
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I put his butt in with some older guiena keets.... They don't put up with crap. He's seem to have chilled out for now. I'm afraid I don't kill anything around here unless it is suffering......
My Heart is Broken... I miss you my Sweet Sophie Puff Diva Chicken....
Living and working on a Zoo farm - 300 plus chickens, fancy pigeons, Sebbies geese, turkey, crested ducks, peafowl, ornamental pheasant and ducks, Black swans, Egyptian geese, African Crowned Cranes, Emu, fainting goats, mini zebu, mini horses,mini donkey, alpacas, llamas, horses, 5 Great Pyrenees and a cat.
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My Heart is Broken... I miss you my Sweet Sophie Puff Diva Chicken....
Living and working on a Zoo farm - 300 plus chickens, fancy pigeons, Sebbies geese, turkey, crested ducks, peafowl, ornamental pheasant and ducks, Black swans, Egyptian geese, African Crowned Cranes, Emu, fainting goats, mini zebu, mini horses,mini donkey, alpacas, llamas, horses, 5 Great Pyrenees and a cat.
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post #6 of 8
8/7/12 at 10:05pm

I'd say get rid of it then.  He's always going to be mean and aggressive and that behavior in my limited experience is contagious! 

Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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Liz, wife, mom to 4 boys and  "food lady" to a mix of mostly Ameraucanas & EE's with a few oddball breeds for fun. :) 

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post #7 of 8
8/8/12 at 12:30am

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Our LittleBit Ranch

Spring Chicks and Mini Aussies

www.ourlittlebitranch.com

 

We take the hard part out of raising pullets!! We order them from the hatchery and raise them until they are old enough to live outside without heat-lamps. And you can purchase as few or as many as you want, No minimum order here!!

We also breed and rescue Mini Aussies, the perfect pets!!

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post #8 of 8
8/8/12 at 5:43am
I understand not wanting to end a life. None of us enjoy it. But the thing about an aggressive bird is that aggressiveness is passed on to it's offspring. So if you keep the little monster at least don't hatch anything it might have been close to.

== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
Love those Orps!

I don't care why the chicken crossed the road, as long as mine don't!

Reply

== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
Love those Orps!

I don't care why the chicken crossed the road, as long as mine don't!

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