bully behavior

  1. T

    Bully ducks, what should i do?

    I have 3 drakes (unsexed) so I haven’t had much control over their dynamics. I can’t add more female ducks right now because of space and budget limits. Two of them are bullying the third one. It looks like one duck is the dominant one—even the second bully gets pushed around by it sometimes...
  2. S

    Integrating rescue hens

    We had a flock of five hens (just turned 2 years old) and a rooster (a little over 1 year old), and got three hens who were rescues from an egg-laying operation (a little over 1 year old). The rescue hens are healthy, but skittish. One is missing (but growing back) feathers on about two-thirds...
    • shoshua
    • Thread
    • bully behavior integrate flocks integrate new chickens rescue chickens
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  3. T

    Vent Pecking

    I have a hen that is relentlessly vent pecking. It’s likely a learned behavior from being in an overcrowded coop when I inherited them. When they arrived, the two RIRs had bare bottoms from another hen who was plucking their butt feather and eating them. Unfortunately, the cannibal hen had to be...
  4. B

    Trying to integrate 4 new chicks with 3 older chicks, not working well so far

    Our 4 new chicks are 6.5 weeks old and we’ve been slowly trying to integrate them for the past 2 weeks or so with a little structure I’ve built from an old coop we had. We’ve been letting our 3 year old chickens into the outside area where the structure is and they are able to eat near each...
  5. L

    Bullying in a tiny flock of 2

    Hi BYC !! Me and my sister have been a visitor for many years, but have never made an account. Please help us out!! :bow My family had three pet chickens in our backyard for almost four years. They grew up as sisters, and though there was a clear pecking order, their behaviors were nothing out...
  6. S

    Chickens bullying and attacking the smallest hen in the flock

    Hi! I've been a lurker for quite some time and am finally making my first post! Unfortunately, I'm in a situation that I need help with. I have a flock of 5 hens. They are 10 months old and were raised together from day one. I have four larger hens - easter eggers, plymouth rock, americauna -...
  7. F

    Drama in the Flock!

    I'm new to BYC and chicken keeping and came here for some advice. I currently have 8 hens around 9 months old. We have 2 RIRs, 2 Australorps, 2 Midnight Marans and 2 Barred Rocks. All raised together from chicks. All 8 hens have recently started laying in the middle of December and all have...
  8. lexi_lulu

    Bullies Abound - Please Help

    Last week I had the horror of finding one of my RIR half dead in my run, as I was putting away the hens for the night. Her back half was bloody and raw. She was missing most of her feathers. Despite my efforts, she didn't make it through the night. 😢 This hen always seemed like an outcast in the...
  9. L

    Bully Hen

    I have a bully. I watched her several times following and chasing my most docile hen. I picked up the victim hen and noticed her back had been picked! I’ve got her cleaned up and put some wound care on it and I have them separated right now. I just don’t know how to get the behavior to stop...
  10. H

    Separate Brooder

    Hey all! I currently have 6 3 days old chicks in one brooder, and 1 2 days old chick in another brooder. Basically, the single chick needed assistance hatching so he was a bit late to the party. I had him separated with an injured chick because the other 6 we ganging up on both of them. The...
  11. T

    Hen became an overnight bully

    I have a case of bullying but it seems abnormal. My hen Millie has been the bottom of the pecking order her whole life and is very submissive. We added five pullets this summer and she was mean to them, but I finally got them integrated and everything was fine. Yesterday out of nowhere we...
  12. S

    Broody/Territorial Hen taking over nesting boxes & attacking new layers

    My 1 year old hen typically goes broody every month. She used to be our most docile hen. Ever since we brought home 8 week old chicks, she’s been very territorial. Now that my then chicks are laying, she has grown increasingly aggressive. Some days she even steals or moves their eggs! She’s...
  13. Gussygirl

    Moved Rooster to new coop - he won’t leave the coop

    Good morning! I’m a new chicken mom! I got 8 silkies as babies in the Spring. One passed away. That left me 7…..and 2 turned out to be roos. They’ve been getting along fine until my hens started laying. I have Morton (named after Morton Salt because he’s salty) and Benny. Morton is a great...
  14. R

    Is this from bullying?

    I have 4 hens. One of them I’ve observed is definitely at the bottom of the pecking order. I am wondering if the missing feathers on both wings is a result of this or something I should be concerned about. I inspected her and don’t see any mites. No other birds are missing any feathers like...
  15. H

    Pecking order or bullying ?

    Small backyard flock of 6 pullets (ages 16-13 weeks). 3 Orpingtons , 2 EEs , and 1 blue plymouth rock. Our newest EE was transitioned into the flock over the last week . Once she was let out of solitary confinement, out youngest orp and BPR immediately started targeting her, this went out...
  16. 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...
  17. LadyCogburn

    Bully now gets Bullied

    ADVICE NEEDED!! I have 4 TS silkies. One was relentlessly bulling another (like, drawing blood) I put peepers on her several months ago and they have worked wonderfully. She managed to get them off yesterday and now the chicken that she WAS bullying will not let her leave the coop. She chases...
  18. M

    Hen feathers not regrowing after rooster cull

    So my rooster was over mating with a few hens in the flock to the point that they perpetually had bareback and 2 of them had major feather loss around their heads and necks. He ended up bullying one of the hens to the point that she wouldn’t leave the coop so I culled him. I have 8 hens...
    • mamabones
    • Thread
    • bare spots feather loss bully behavior feather picking pecking order separate or not
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  19. K

    New chicken bullying old flock

    Hi all, We recently added 4 adult chickens to our existing flock of 5- we had them in a fenced off part of the yard for 3 weeks, and have let them mingle in the 1/4 acre yard the last week. The two flocks are mostly just ignoring one another, but one of the new hens (a blue laced Wyandotte) has...
  20. N

    Do chicks jump/peck at each other when they are sad?

    We got our new chicks one week ago. This is also our first time raising chicks. They were doing fine the past week but last night one of them died. We are not exactly sure why but after a lot of research today, we think sudden death syndrome. Anyway, all of sudden today the other 3 seem to...
    • newbie-chick-mom
    • Thread
    • bully behavior chick behaviour death greiving chicken death in chicks pecking stress stressed chick
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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