bullied chick

  1. J

    New flock members being bullied by everyone.

    I am trying to integrate a flock of 4 (~10 weeks) into a flock of 15 (~13 weeks). The problem is, the existing flock are red and black stars while my new flock are 2 red stars, a RIR, and what I believe to be a light Sussex. My Sussex cannot catch a break. Every time I try to let everyone out...
  2. F

    HELP!! Chicken with odd behavior bullied by all hens - trying to reintroduce him to the flock?

    I hatched 8 chicks (currently 8-9 weeks old) and At around 5 weeks old one day they began to beat my speckled Sussex rooster (I think he's a boy!). He was beat up and badly injured and dying. I brought him inside and nursed him and I was shocked to see he made it. He had really bad head injuries...
    • fiadhdakoo
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    • 8 week behaviour change bullied bullied chick help injured reintroduce reintroduce to flock speckled sussex strange behavior
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  3. G

    New Momma Hen, and a silkie situation

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this, and I apologize in advance for the wall of text. But long story short, we have a bunch of 3 month old chicks, most of them are big enough to go out with the big chickens and integration has been going well. The problem comes from the 4 silkies...
    • GoblinG00P
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    • 3 months bullied chick new momma new mother hen new mothers and chicks together slkies
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. NubbyRyuu

    Pecking Order or Out for Blood?

    Hello everyone! To make a very long story (post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/taking-care-of-swirls-the-wry-neck-silkie.1298333/ ) short, I've adopted my neighbor's Silkie Chick, who somehow became afflicted with Wry Neck. Her name is Swirls (named for the fact she will spin/run in...
    • NubbyRyuu
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    • aggresion ayam camani behavior behavior change behavior issues bullied chick chicken behavior pecking order? silkie wry neck caused by injury
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  5. minaayindra

    Did I pick the right chicks?

    I'm brand new to having chickens. My two predominant reasons for getting some were because of a heavy tick infestation here and because I wanted a friendly group that would be comfortable with each other. Many people gave me their opinions so I made my selections based on those. What I didn't...
  6. S

    Chick got scalped (GRAPHIC PICS)

    Hello, I bought 8 more chicks to add to my flock of 4. When the chicks grew to pullets, I introduced them to my older chickens. I thought everything was going well, maybe one or two pecks at each other, but nothing bad at all. Yesterday, when I got home from school, I found one of the pullets...
  7. thiggins

    2 Broodies, 2 mean girls and not using boxes

    i have several issues going on! I have 2 girls who are broodie. One is a Barred Rock (this is part 1 of my issue). Neither one is sitting on eggs. I am constantly taking them out of the coop and make them eat and scratch and drink and run around. They end up right back in the coop. It's...
  8. N

    Bullied chick

    Hello! First time chicken owner here We got chicks last Saturday (4 day old black sex-links, 4 day old brown leghorns, 4 1-week old golden wyandottes) and I've noticed one of the wyandottes is being bullied. The other chicks are not allowing her to drink or eat. She is the same size now as the...
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