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Unfortunately, she wasn't going broody and the attacks became worse and worse. For those curious, despite numerous attempts to isolate and reintroduce, she would come right back and start fighting. We finally re-homed her with a local friend and she said she's getting along well thanks to a...

NatJ, I was following the advice on this and other articles. It's worked in the past with less time. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/discouraging-bullying-chicken-behavior.64388/

I did notice she is spending a lot of time in the nest box I gave her but no eggs are being laid. She did get hateful with me today when I got close to her while cleaning her cage. Could it be broody starting and I just didn't recognize it?

Issue is we never ate a bird, they are pets. I'm not opposed to others eating them, but I don't have the intestinal fortitude. Rehoming would definitely be on my list if things don't work out. I'm trying to determine if I waited long enough or if she is just a bully toward her and why it...

I have a small flock of 6 hens in a 8'x16' run and a coop that is 8'x3' they are allowed to free range in a 100 X 100' yard in the late afternoons weather permitting but not all day due to hawks. Two of the girls are easter eggers, 6 years old and the other four, black sex links just turned 2...

Get a dog crate and put it in a safe area (we kept ours in our attached garage.) Put the bird in there with a little place to roost, water and food. At first she'll sit there on the roost hating you. But eventually, she will get off and become gentle, being interested in feed again. It takes...

My chicken took a turn for the worst as the crop was not tucked with the original surgery. I found a vet that offered to do a tuck on the stretched out crop with no guarantees (she wasn't going to make it much longer, so I thought why not try?) I'm happy to say it was a complete success and...

Ah, yes, the buyers. Then best to remove it all. If you are up front with the the compost, people will usually take it anyway. I've used chemicals when necessary and it didn't stop one person from hauling it off. I was amazed at what people came and got when we offered it for free when we moved.

I used roundup on poison ivy and let the chickens and pets out once it was completely dried with zero ill effects a few years ago. If it's in a specific area, you can block off that part of the yard from them if you are concerned.

One thing I do recommend is contacting your agent and having them ask the buyer if they want you to leave the compost first. If you label it as compost, they may be very willing to ignore the recommendation by the inspection. Another thing you can do is go on social media and offer free...

We finally sold our house that was on the market for over two stressful years (we moved out of a good neighborhood gone bad.) My advice is remove it all even though it will be a lot of work. A tiller will likely just make it look just as bad to new owners and could upset the buyers if the...

After the chest bump and peck, did the Cochin continue this behavior for a long while? If not, this is normal pecking order reestablishment. Eventually, when you do let them out, you're going to see some of this bumping and pecking no matter how long they are in the crate. Set up some areas...

Glad your birds recovered! I've had to reintroduce formally sick hens a few times. First is to make sure your chicken is strong enough to defend herself. Any weakness can make the other members of the flock attack them out of survival instinct. I learned this by trying to reintroduce a sick...

A little late, but we recently moved to the Barboursville outskirts and based our location on whether or not we could have chickens. If you live outside of the city limits, but are within Cabell County, you can have chickens and roosters. Huntington, WV, allows some chickens (hens only) based...

I had to take my chicken to the vet as she had plastic inside her crop. They had to cut her open. All the other methods we tried didn't work. She still isn't doing very well. Good luck with your hen. There are videos on youtube on how to empty a crop, but it's really dangerous. My vet did...

No tube put in and she said her incisions are healing nicely. I'll research a crop bra. Perhaps in a few days, I can try that. She said to not handle her for a while since she was passed out and doesn't want to add stress to her. She was being feed crumble wetted down and yogurt. They had...

My chicken developed an enlarged crop over the weekend. Long story short after a few days of trying to help her, she had to have an ingluviotomy (crop surgery) on Tuesday. They found what appears to be a cigarette wrapper blocking her and said she should make a recovery quickly. She's back...

You weren't the only one guessing male on the two. They had local people thinking cockerel as well.

For anyone searching in the future, they were indeed all female confirmed at 18 weeks. They apparently go through a manly stage around 11 weeks old that worries you a bit. Three are laying, one is still holding out.

I had a very sick hen. She couldn't stand, wasn't eating, was severely beaten by the head hen and left for dead. I took her to the vet for euthanasia as this was my first set of girls and I loved this bird. The vet was amazing. She took one look at her and said "I can fix her!" This was her...