behaviour

My flock consists of a white silkie roo, a barred rock hen, a black star hen, and a bearded d'uccle hen (mille fleur). Recently, I have had issues with my silkie picking on my hens, mostly my barred rock and my bearded d'uccle. I believe he has even drew blood on the barred rock. They are all a...

I have 3 adult ducks (one male two females) and 5 four-months old duck(lings). They're crossbred and they don't seem to be able to fly like real mallards. They range freely inside my fenced backyard. Now here are the strange parts that kind of scare me. This is going to be a bit lengthy, please...

Don't kill me for posting about ducks! I happen to raise a domesticated pair of mallards. I bought them as adults. Soon after introducing to my backyard, the hen started laying, brooding anf finally new batch of ducklings. Few weeks past now she's laying again. 9 eggs now. But while i thought...

so Hi All you experts out there... having a few issues with our flock. We've had chickens for some years now and have been through all sorts of different issues and problems and with the help of you guys always managed to come out the other side quite well. so I'm hoping I can get some great...

Hi all, about 8-9 months ago I hatched my first chicks (although i have been keeping hens for around 8 years), 21/24 hatches and 19 are still alive and well, however I have an Exchequer Leghorn cockerel which is extremely aggressive towards my parents and my siblings. It has no problems with me...

Hi there! I'm new to BYC although I have been a lurker for a couple years now- since getting my first buttons. I have been struggling with poo and paper bedding getting stuck to their toes and I've been diligent about washing their feet. My one girl lost a toe before I noticed, unfortunately...

i have 14 coturnix quail of mixed colours, approx 2wks old. my two darkest coloured birds are timid compared to the others. they just don't like being touched or handled, while the rest allow me to handle them without any fuss at all. they're even happy to let me pet them. they're all the same...

I might be getting 3 Serama hens tomorrow and just wondering if anyone who has them could tell me about their experience with them? How many eggs? What size eggs do you get? I know they normally produce small eggs but just curious on how small they really are. Friendly behavior? They’ll be...

about a week ago my japanese bantam ran away but came back a day and a half later. since then she's been acting strange in that she only comes out of her coop once a day to eat. she stays in the same position all day. we have tried to lure her out with treats to which we have have worked once...

I have a male diamond dove who is having an identity crisis and thinks he is a quail, he snuggled with them last night and today he surprised me. I was treating the quail with some sausage, and the dove ran over... Literally ran over, to the quail feeding ball and gave it a peck too! AND he ate...

I had actually gotten an answer for this same young chicken from another forum post (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dont-know-what-breed-or-gender-you-have-click-here.1170156/), but the only person who responded was the one who started the forum post. While I completely trust and even...

I have a young silkie who has come of age, he has started crowing... If you can call yelling "WOOOO!" crowing, and this morning he tried to mate with my foot... :lau It was 8 am when he started "woo"ing and I was concerned about the neighbors even though it wasn't very loud, so I went out to...

I took Rex out to a hospital pen so he could recover from his sons bullying him, his sons having been sold now, but... Speckles has been acting unusual. I know she is female as she has laid many eggs before and such and even hatched one batch herself, yet a day after I took Rex out so he could...

My chicken house is a bit small. - OK really small! I made the mistake of buying a darling chicken house on Amazon. WOW what a mistake. There isn't even room for a roost. So, seeing as my girls are sleeping in the "nesting boxes", really just an extra space divided in two, should I build...

Hello, I've a brand new little flock of 3 POL chickens who have only been together since Sunday in our back garden setup. One of the ladies (Rita) has taken to chasing and pecking my other two girls, particularly the smallest one (Penny), which had been in the same run as her when I bought her...