PoppasGrill
Songster
One of our hens, RIR, has gotten real food agressive in the past 3-4 weeks. To the point of when when enter the coop at feeding time she will fly up on us and try to get into the bucket. When we put food down in the trough she attacks it like she hasn’t eaten in days. She hasn’t gotten skinny and she is laying, though less than her sisters.
I know the roosters, even the bantams, seem to target her when she gets off the roosting bars, even with 10 other hens at the trough they beeline to her, so we will put some feed up on top for her.
When she sees us coming in the door she will fly up at us looking to get to the feed first.
We are going to isolate her for a bit this week, to see if she calms some, and if the aggression lessens with access to food without competition.
I know the roosters, even the bantams, seem to target her when she gets off the roosting bars, even with 10 other hens at the trough they beeline to her, so we will put some feed up on top for her.
When she sees us coming in the door she will fly up at us looking to get to the feed first.
We are going to isolate her for a bit this week, to see if she calms some, and if the aggression lessens with access to food without competition.