bad behavior

  1. Myheartsezyes

    Aggressive Male 3 day old chick

    I recieved my 15 plus 4 extra Black Japanese Bantam Chicks today . I have one aggressive boy that keeps going after a few of the other chicks pulling at there beaks , pulling and there wings there skin. I took him a way from them for a couple of hours and put him by himself . I put him back...
  2. TheBirdBabe

    Mama doesnt teach manners

    Hello everyone! I recently purchased 3 chicks in the last few weeks for one of my mama hens. She was unsuccessful at hatching some eggs.. so naturally, I felt bad for her & needed to get her some. 😆 She's been a great mom until the last few days. She's more "hands" off now & let's the babies...
    • TheBirdBabe
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    • aggressive behavior aggressive bird aggressive chick bad behavior bad behaviour chicks mean mean chick mean chicken
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  3. N

    Bantam chick from hell with little man syndrome... How do I break this tiny cute A**hole?

    This 3 week old bantam has little guy sydrome BAD (not the feather legged one). Idk what to do with him/her. I'm running out of room and want to put everyone together that are around the same age (slow introductions of course) but he/she will NOT allow it. Let's call this bantam HULK for now...
  4. S

    Any advice for a biting duck?

    My new-ish duck (it's been a few weeks), has a problem biting my face. I raised my first duck from a tiny little thing, and now she absolutely LOVES to hug and cuddle. I try to do the same with him, but, even as I'm typing this, he bites my eyes. I'm currently laying in the position I'm in, in...
    • SharkNewt
    • Thread
    • bad behavior biting swedish black
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. 2

    Rotten little Hen.

    Hello fellow chicken parents! I have an EE hen (she looks nothing like my other ones) but I have an issue with her. She’s absolutely rotten. She’s not with the other girls she’s pretty low on the pecking order. But she’s rotten with me. She will literally come up behind me and bite the living...
  6. luv geese

    Bad duck behavior question

    Hello🤗 I bought some egg layers and some-ornamentals. I am now trying to separate them so that the ornamentals are outside the pen.unfortunately they don’t wish to leave and are just sitting outside the fence for several days now.any ideas? The females are still in their pen and the one female...
    • luv geese
    • Thread
    • bad behavior help
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. R

    Picky spoiled duck behaviour?

    My parents have been feeding a lot of vegetable to my juvenile ducks, and it has come to the point where they ignore their feed. If they're not given their veggies and fruits treats, one of them, a khaki campbell drake, start screaming till he gets what he wants. I've tried ignoring them and...
    • Rcc956
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    • bad behavior ducks goose chicken duck turkey livestock loud duck poultry spoiled ducks
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. J

    Broody Hens Injuring Their Own Babies

    Hello all! This will be a little long winded but I need some answers or a little help. I have read many posts on several sites (new & old posts) but I believe we have a slightly stranger issue going on. I need to break it all down so those who read it can understand better. 1st - we had 3 broody...
  9. Jamie Molihan

    Problem child

    Hildegard is a sweet girl who loves to cuddle and will happily fall asleep in your arms while you are binge watching tv. She is also going to give me a stroke. She has always been very curious, always searching and pecking and exploring. We ended up with an impacted crop, we took care of it...
  10. PearlTheDuck

    Tips for dealing with rough drakes?

    I have 6 females and 3 drakes, spring is pretty much here and the drakes are acting horrible! One drake attacks the other two drakes and they just run away from him or they'll just fight each other or gang up on one. Two of my female ducks crest are pretty much completely gone as the drakes have...
    • PearlTheDuck
    • Thread
    • bad behavior drakes ducks spring
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. poulet2016

    Molting/Pecking/Awful behavior

    hello all, My girls are going through their first molt- it is mine too since they are my first chickens so I am quite the newbie! I have 2 auracanas (okay that is what I was told they were but but after reading up I am guessing they are EEs or some kind of mix). The auracanas are really the...
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