aggresive

Just got 7 chicks, all a day old and they seemed fine for almost half a day in their brooder. But one started aggressively scratching her face and pecking really hard at the other chicks eyes. I looked to see if something was on her face or in her eyes but saw nothing. I can't figure out what is...

Hey y'all! So I have a rooster. I didn't raise him from a baby but he was given to me and I was told he was about eight to nine months old at the time. So he is estimated to be about nine to tenish months old now. I was worried he was going to be aggressive but he was actually more curious and...

I have a broody hen who is sitting on a clutch of eggs right now. Everyday I give the girls in the coop corn and this is when the broody gets up and eats/drinks/poops. Today when I she was up, her and another hen would not stop fighting. Not like just pecking eachother but really attacking...

I have 6 chickens, 3 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Golden Lace Wyandottes, I raised them from chicks together and they are now about 6 months old and one of the Rhode Island Reds’ is starting to pluck the feathers off of all three of the Golden Laced’s backs near their tails. I just started noticing...

Hello! I’ve owned several chickens before but this is my first time owning a Silkie chicken. I’ve had her for about 5 months now and she’s always been very calm and tranquil but very recently she’s started behaving really aggressive towards me, she won’t leave me out of her site, following me...

Hello all! I'm wondering if anyone could help me figure out what's going on with my 4-year-old Ameracauna, Belle. For context, she is one of three backyard hens, the other two being Dominiques. Unfortunately, this past winter, our Australorp and other Americauna passed away, which may be...

Hello all! My loving playful 4 month old pet quail has become quite aggressive with male members of my family. She also is a bit more “pecky” with me. But not nearly as bad. And when it’s just her and I she is loving. Could it be hormones? Any suggestions . She does t like it when I whistle so I...

Hello, I'm very worried right now, my cochin hen won't accept her own chick, it's her Own, not a foreign one, she keeps pecking it on the head when it comes too close to her face, and now I don't know what to do. Raise the chick alone without the mum with a heat lamp? I don't know how to do that...

Hi all! I just joined this community, looking for some information on an aggressive Australorp... I JUST received my four (4) backyard chickens - on Wednesday, 4.27.2022. I purchased my girls from someone local that raised chicks, so I didn't have to deal with that whole process... I have...

Hello,so uh very weird things are happening in our flock lately.Our male quail was a normal quail since 2 years,he had 4 females and they would mate,but since 8 days he is doing weird things.He mates only with a hen,protects her,shares mealworms with her,but attacks ALL the other females.He...

My oldest hen seems especially stressed out by the young flock I got to keep her company. One of them is a bit larger than her and used to take food away from her. Since then, she’s been attacking all of them whenever they eat. Rather than pecking their backs to instill a pecking order, she’s...

My duck hatched 9 ducklings and due to reasons beyond our control (including a very angry drake) we had to seperate them from mother duck. Since it’s happened, she cannot stand the sight of me. She is extremely loud and lunges at me and has her beak open the whole time. I’m absolutely...

I have 3 bantam roos in their own coop. They've been there for a few months (previously separated from my 11 other chickens) & been doing fine. I hand feed them treats & even a slice of pizza now & then. lol However, lately there is one that has gotten aggressive towards me. Keep in mind, these...

I have a one year old Buff Orpington. He has charged at me two times. Both times I was wearing red or pink. And both times a hen was squaking- in distress. It is our first rooster. We got him at 6 months. I was not able to hold him much as he was not hand raised. Someone said to hold the...

I have two EE who are 8 months old. Neither are laying and they are my most aggressive two. The lighter one will act like she's going to attach me when I pick up the other ladies. The brown one will go after our Jersey Giant and peck grab her feathers on the back of her neck and both run and...

Is it normal that upon being caught, realizing the game is over, and obediently sitting down a rooster will cause the feathers on the back of his neck to stick out? What does he mean by that- is it a sign of surrender?

There was recently a fire at my house and we have only 4 surviving birds. 3 chickens and one duck. Due to the damage to their respiratory systems and eyes we had to move them inside the house so they can be under constant observation. They are in a small cage but there is plenty of room for...

I have 15 hens, and a rooster who started mating a few weeks ago. I noticed that he is stalking one of my hens, and is very aggressive with her. He doesn’t seem to want to mate with her, but attacks her like he would another rooster. It seems like he is trying to kill her. Is this normal? I have...

I’d raised a rooster name Bruce along with his 3 other brothers, they were mostly pets and always really got along. But for some reason lately they have been ganging up on him and have hurt him. So I’ve gotten rid of the two that bothered him the most, and that leaves just two. And they seem to...

Hello everyone! I just posted in the chicken behaviors forum about one of my adult hen’s aggression issues, so if you want some more background there, check out that post. I ordered three baby chicks from MPC: a blue easter egger, a cream legbar, and a snowy easter egger. I am nervous about...