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Wow that's strange! Though i did have one fight back. She wouldn't start fights but she wouldn't put up with crap but they all have calmed down now for the most part

It still seems like it might at the least to be interesting or entertaining to read :)

Thank you! I will read that article and hopefully bzzoff does too!!

That makes a lot of sense! She could definitely be jealous especially since I pay a lot of attention to the Orps and not so much them because I used to think they were mean so I was kinda mean back but now I'm nicer and talk to them every day and stuff. The weird thing though was I thought maybe...

Wow, he sounds like a very bad boy!! I'm not even sure I would have given him that many chances. That's good he protects his ladies though but definitely wouldn't be staying here long, too many nice roos. Hopefully your new roo is better!!

Thanks everyone! I'm sure hoping all the space helps them. And it's definitely interesting to hear other people have similar experiences. I wonder if some of the stuff is Australorp specific because my girls do the same exact thing @olivigus said with them slamming their beak into my hand. I...

Sorry, got to rambling again lol

I was thinking of totally removing it but may use the kennel for part of the new ru or may sell it. I figure the current coop is rather useless. Although I may save it in case we have to separate a chicken or get more chicks eventually. But either way we will definitely at least be moving it...

That makes sense! Maybe with more space they wouldn't do it? Though in the new one I'm gonna put more branches and stumps and things for them hopefully. And thanks! Seems to be healing now but may still go to the doctor just in case. I never thought of it like that before. Definitely gonna be...

Thanks and well, as for her getting close to my face, the gum thing happened when I was bending down to reach under the coop to I think get their feeder and she got me. The eye thing she flew onto my leg then my shoulder and I was feeding her and she pecked me. She also rolled onto my back and...

Thank you for all of your help! I think you are right that I will regret culling her, especially since it seems like she's not really doing anything wrong? Just being a talkative, curious, chicken and not enough space? I would hate to cull her for no reason or for something that's my fault...

Got a little bit long but here's a video of what they usually do, if it helps any. Didn't squat down this time but sometimes when i do that they come up and peck me from behind ETA: This is their typical greeting, haven't managed to film them attacking each other yet

Thank you for all the info and help!!! It's definitely useful and I will try following all of your advice and seeing if she improves. Hopefully she does because I don't want to have to ever kill a chicken, unless of course I'm specifically raising them for it but even then I wouldn't want to...

Thanks. I'll definitely stop letting her climb on me. I used to chase her away some but then I thought maybe she was being mean to me out of defensive, like because she was scared of me cause I chased her, but I will start chasing again. I mean, maybe it would be good for her to be scared...

Thank you! I think I will wait to do anything until we build the new coop and give her another chance. Hopefully she settles down. I may look into those peepers too! Thanks! If moving to the new coop doesn't solve it I'll try seperating her. Right now we have nowhere to put her but once we build...

Thank you! You're definitely right, I wouldn't want to cull her and then regret it. Especially since I wasn't sure if all of her pecks were mean, like the eye thing was maybe cause it's shiny? But she had flown on my leg then my shoulder and I was feeding her and the others some kale when I...

I neverr thought of it like that before, that's a good point. Thank you!! I'm pretty sure she is laying though and has for maybe a week or 2 but maybe she's just still hormonal and needs to settle down? We don't have any roosters or adults since we have close neighbors in the back and these are...

So I have one chicken who is just so mean!!! I thought maybe it was my fault since they outgrew their spaces quickly but even the few times I have let them free range she is mean! She flies out of nowhere and attacks the others, usually over food but often for seemingly no reason. She is a...