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Three of them are being aggressive to the other two at this point. My Australorps and barred rock are ganging up on the two reds. The barred rock seems like maybe it's the head aggressor, but the Australorps are aggressive toward the reds even without the barred rock. For part of today I had the...

Thanks for all of your replies. I'm free ranging today but even with a whole acre to use, my barred rock still jumped at the other three hens with her. No immediate pecking, but certainly aggression. I intervened so she would know I'm boss, not her. The injured hen is still in the house...

I have 5 hens that are all 18.5 weeks old and should start laying any day. They have some aggression issues, but I'm having trouble figuring out which hen is the problem. A few weeks ago I went out to find one of my two Rhode Island reds with much of her rump plucked bare and bloodied by the...

Howdy! I have 5 7 week old chicks that I picked up over the weekend (2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Black Australorps, and a Barred Plymouth Rock). One of my Australorps has very few feathers on her back when she spreads her wings and she seems to pick at her feathers a lot to the point that some are a...