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behavior issues

  1. K

    One chicken keeps attacking one other

    Hey. There are a few posts on this but none seem EXACTLY like my chicken situation so here goes; I have 4 girls, Mary-Jane (top dog), then Amanda, then Pamela and then Jessie. Jessie a couple of months ago started molting and in that time the other chicks (except MJ) started being mean and...
  2. Phillyndilly

    Philip is being a bully- geese attacking

    Hi everyone I’m new to this site as well as geese and ducks. I want to explain the whole thing so it’ll be long but please read! I’m so confused/ upset.... We have 3 Pekin females ( 3 months) and then found an abandoned Canadian gosling -Philip ( 2 months now) and immediately got him a friend...
  3. quackersthemallard

    My Duck Likes Me but not my family

    Hello, i have a male mallard duck that’s almost a year old. He likes to play with me and follow me around, he does to the same to my dad. But weirdly when I pet him he doesn’t like it. Only the belly u can pet, he will allow you to do that but why he doesn’t like to be pet around his body?
  4. Bethend

    Changed pellet brand, chickens won't eat

    I have 3 bantams and 1 regular hen in a garden coop. I've been getting pellets from a shop for a few years, but because of the awkward weight of a full-size 20-liter bag, I switched to a different company when I found one that would deliver. And they're refusing to eat! They act like there is no...
  5. WoodardFamilyCoop

    Feather pecking

    i have a RIR that has been pecked so much by my silver laced Wyandotte that her bottom is bare. My one other hen, a welsummer, started pecking her, too. She’s still acting normal and laying daily. Outside of applying blu kote, making sure they get extra protein, providing boredom busters, and...
  6. oregonmuggle

    Help! Chicks going CRAZY for grubs

    Three days ago I introduced dried grubs (broken up for eating ease) to my chicks. They love them, which is good. However, both times when I’ve checked on them a couple hours later, they have emptied their food and water dispensers. This leaves the entirety of the paper towels lining the bottom...
  7. ChickenGirl555

    The Chickens Don't Like The Nesting Boxes

    My chickens recently started laying and so we bought some plain white dishpans that fit perfectly in the nesting box, and cut a little out of the front so the chickens could step in them easier. I filled them with fresh shavings and put one ceramic egg in each. I left them like that, and when I...
  8. MrsNoName

    My chicken won't come home!

    I currently have 5 chickens - 2 Black Orpingtons, I Rhode Island Red (the boss), and added last year 2 Buff Orpingtons (the Golden Girls). From the start the Golden Girls have ranged further than the rest of the flock and so drawn the others into a wider ranging habit than before but the other...
  9. GoatDragonFarms

    Chicken yard drama! Halp!

    Alright folks, we need help. The situation: We have 13 birds, mixed flock. One of them is a year+ old laying silkie hen. We have two 3.5 month old Wyandotte cockerels. The two cockerels hatched and grew up together with 4 pullets and have no problem with each other. They have gotten, in the past...
  10. D

    Mean girls!

    I have 4, 4 month old girls that I have had since they were chicks. I inherited a 3.5 month old Ameraucana 2 weeks ago. The initial integration was a disaster. My original 4 attacked the new girl and I ended up having to separate them. I split the new girl and 2 of my more docile girls for a...
  11. Faverolle Lover

    Ringneck Dove Behavioral Problems

    Hi, I have two ringneck doves that are both one year old a month ago. They're siblings, and I'm very sure one is a boy and not sure about the other one. I couldn't find a new home for the boy and so I released him early afternoon into my neighborhood. A friend down the street had two escape and...
  12. FinleyMcChicken

    Change in behavior

    I have 4 5 month old hens (2 Barred Rock, 2 Ameraucana) the 2 Barred Rocks are definitely the head girls, one more than the other, but both definitely have always run the show. We've had all 4 since they were 1 day old and they've lived together ever since. The 2 BR have started to lay eggs and...
  13. bwokbwarrk

    A few chooks not able to get up

    Hi backyard chicken gang, i just have a quick question... I have 16 hyline browns all just starting to lay, everything's been great so far, lots of yard to run in, a nice coop to lay in and always plenty of water and food, a shade house and perches galore, it's really a chooks paradise! But...
  14. Dylan Lindsey

    Weird Water behavior 2 1/2 week old chicks

    I have 4 Golden Buff chicks and they have been doing very well up until recently. All their environmental have been perfect, but the last two days, they seem hell bent on removing their water from the waterer is-self. Ill come in to check on them, and a few of them seem to be wet and their water...
  15. Lazy Farmer

    "Tough Love" Before thrown to the Wolves

    Without a long winded explanation of the title, which is a metaphor incidentally, We hatch, raise, rehome poultry to supplement income and off set feed costs etc. Bi monthly hatches currently. Chicks leave here slowly, young adults more quickly, but if they are not rehomed by the time they start...
  16. Wintry

    Rooster-raised Hen Behavior

    Hi everyone! I am new to the site and to chickens. I have two Brahma mixes and live in Alaska. I have one hen (Brahma/Wyandotte mix) that was raised as a rooster with a flock of roosters for slaughter. Once the owners realized she was a hen, they gave her to a friend's flock. This chicken is...
  17. Chullicken

    I Can't Figure This Out

    Have several issues all evolving around one. Recently has a year and half old Austrolorp go broody and had her separated from he rest. Before I separated her, I noticed the rest of the flock was treating her like complete sh*t when she would come out for a few minutes to eat, drink and dust...
  18. RutabagaRoo

    RIR/White Leghorn 5 Months Aggressive Hen

    Raised my flock of 7 from 3 days old. Lots of snacks, feed, and handling. They have a large backyard where they free range, in a really nice coop with run at night. I am assuming at just about 5 months that they may lay eggs soon. One of my hens who normally is the most inquisitive and sweet and...
  19. BrahmaMom1797

    My young polish rooster is just now acting up.

    My young Polish rooster, he's about 5 months old, is starting to get pretty rude toward my other birds. He acts out against my polish hen, my brahma hens, my little Cochin hen and my sebright hen. He's a sweet, but skittish bird with me, and I really don't want to get rid of him, but if he hurts...
  20. Donna A

    Clueless Rooster

    I picked up a Polish Bantam rooster at a local auction. It is evident that he lived his prior life in a cage. I had to show him that it was ok to go outside, step on grass, and return to the coop at night. I have eight hens and he mostly ignores them. Instead he has focused his attention on...
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