agression

Hi there!👋 I have two, 2 year old hens whom I raised together and have always been fine, even friendly with each other, until about 2 weeks ago. My Buff Orpington had gotten a head injury and I had to isolate her for about 2 weeks while it healed. I had her in a separate coop but still in the...

Hi, a few weeks ago I thought my chickens were ready to be integrated. They are 11 weeks apart. I think the youngest were about 6 weeks. I did the no touch for a couple weeks. Then did supervised free ranging and moved on to them being the run together supervised. After a few days of this I...

I have 6 chickens, 3 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Golden Lace Wyandottes, I raised them from chicks together and they are now about 6 months old and one of the Rhode Island Reds’ is starting to pluck the feathers off of all three of the Golden Laced’s backs near their tails. I just started noticing...

I have two roosters their still both young but one is older then the other my younger one is a Turkin. The older one is styling the young turkin and is injuring the turkin he has a sore on his neck. I have put blinders on the bigger one but he is still getting to him and hurting him. I’m not...

Hi all! I just joined this community, looking for some information on an aggressive Australorp... I JUST received my four (4) backyard chickens - on Wednesday, 4.27.2022. I purchased my girls from someone local that raised chicks, so I didn't have to deal with that whole process... I have...

One of my hens, Pootle has recently started being extremely aggressive and vocal. shes a 2yro ex-batt, ive had her for over a year and she is normally the most friendly cuddly chicken in my flock. this last week or so she has been attacking my other hens alot more than normal, being a very vocal...

Hello, I apologize if this thread is in the wrong spot! My female mallard (Molly) is acting more aggressive towards the other ducks as the days go by. She would listen to one of the other ducks who stood up to her and never picked on her after the order was established (Marnie). She’d still...

Hi, hope it’s ok to post here. Have three roosters, silkies (plain silkie, frizzle silkie and showgirl) raised from chicks hoping for at least one hen. I’ve put two up online for new homes, and will get hens for the remaining boy. The one I’m keeping is picked on by the others. I only found out...

Please help! I live in a neighborhood where my HOA likes to kill the Muskovy‘s since they are not native here in Florida. A mama laid about 20 eggs in my yard and hatched. Two eggs were kicked out of the nest several times so they went in my incubator and ended up hatching. The rest outside...

Hi there, I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. I have 4 wether pygmies (horned) all a year old. They live together and are all very docile and tame. However recently, one of the goats is showing a lot of aggression towards me and the others. Whenever I go in to give them any attention...

Hi everyone, I have 11 female and 4 male ducks all of whom have been together for over two years with only minor incidents. The lowest male in the pecking order is my pekin who is just a gentle giant. This morning I go outside to let everyone oug of their coops and the poor guy is bleeding...

Hi there! Our chickies are now around 10-11 weeks old, and all of a sudden we’re having aggression issues with our Black Cooper Maran. We were surprised because most people we’ve talked to have had a great experience with them. So we did some digging and now we’re wondering if the breeder...

Okay, I have had about 6 roosters now. At least 2 in each batch of chicks. I have gotten rid of 5/6. But the sixth? Well, he attacks me. I need help getting him in his place. What should I do to make him stop attacking me and put him in his place? THX! Also, I would have put this in predators...

Here’s the situation. I have 1 laying adult hen, 9 months old. I also have 4 chicks, 11 weeks old , that I have been slowly introducing over the past month. Everyone is co-habiting, but they are separated by baby gates, both in the run and in the coop at night. There have been minor skirmishes...

A Pekin hen started attacking a Buff hen just in the last day or so. I let my ducks out to the run this morning and almost immediately my hen Henriette attacked the Buff (no name yet). It was that neck wrap behavior with biting the nape. She didn't seem to be trying to mount. I watched for a...

Hello - I have a 2 year old Royal Palm hen. I've had her since she hatched and she's a pet. Lately she has been getting attitude in the evening when it's time to lock up for the night. She acts a little bit aggressive, but I think it's more attitude than anything else. I certainly don't want...

I have discovered my leghorn, Blondie, the one pictured by my name, had blood on her chest and now on her forehead. I noticed her wattle was a bit bloody and today it seems her comb is bloody. I hate to think one of my Amerucanas is aggressive and picking on her! I don't have anyplace I can put...

Hi y’all! I’ve searched the boards trying to find an answer to my question and couldn’t. My chickens have free range of 40 acres, so I need a rooster. I have a 23 week barred rock rooster and he recently started to attack me! First time... I hate to admit it... I kicked him pretty good. Then...

Hello, We have a Icelandic rooster named Dippy. He was hand raised (and saved by us several times). He has been very sweet until about a week ago (he is 6 months old). He started attacking my Mom and Dad by jumping from the roosting bar feet first. He hasn’t attacked me yet as I held him far a...

I'm asking for a family member that came to me with this question. Her rooster is chasing one of the hens and not allowing her to eat or drink. I thought that maybe he was chasing to mate but the fact that hes not allowing her to eat or drink is weird. She's also checked her for mites, diseases...