bully behavior

  1. O

    Guinea male bullying smaller male

    Our flock stats: First time guinea owners Started with 13 keets last July, and are currently down to 10 adults due to predators Not sure how many males vs females but there’s at least a few of each I’d say Sleep in coop at night, ~9’x12’ with 16+ ft of roosting space between 2 beams. Free range...
  2. M

    Drakes bullying my goose

    I have two drakes that are gentle & friendly to my ducks, but have decided to pick on one of my geese. The goose (Chinese/Greylag mix) is kinda timid and doesn’t realize she can fight back. I always tell her “whoop their asses, Lucy!” but no luck 😂 I think I might have to rehome one of the...
    • MollyHSmith
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    • bully behavior ducks geese
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. australorpluvr

    Flock dynamic

    I'm sure this has been discussed to death but none of the previous answers exactly answer my question. I have a flock of 8 hens. They were separated, 4 in a group, from 1 day old to about 2 months for an agriscience project for my high school science class. After the project, Groups A and B...
  4. T

    Hen being severely bullied!

    I just got five new hens from someone today and he warned me that one (Jessica) is the lowest in the pecking order. Jessica has been bullied and pecked at all day, I even brought her inside for a bit to give her a break. She hasn’t eaten or drank and just lays down and takes whatever pecking...
  5. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Dealing with Bullies: Separation Pen and Egg Laying

    My 4+ y/o RIR, Willy Honka, is a great chicken.... most of the time. However, since this time last year, when my BO Glory starts to molt and blood feather nubs start showing up around her vent/rear end, Willy Honka becomes OBSESSED with plucking and pecking them. Inevitably, this causes bleeding...
  6. CloneFly

    Pecking Order and Freaked Out Hen

    Hello all! I have a bit of an issue. Obviously, all flocks have a pecking order, and in mine the head chook is my BSL, Pinguino. She usually picks on Brigid, our biggest chicken (literally, and figuratively) who is supposed to be a Jersey Giant. Well, I've noticed a few bloody combs in the last...
  7. Angel25

    Bully Hen Guarding Coop!

    I have a hen in my flock who always sleeps near the door of the coop. She keeps attacking any other hen who tries to go in at night and now i'm finding hens trying to sleep all over the run! Does anyone have any advice for stopping this behaviour?
    • Angel25
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    • bed time bully bully behavior bully hen coop at night guarding door
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  8. ChickenOfSpades

    How to help chicken getting pecked

    I have four chickens. One of them is getting picked on excessively and I'm not sure the best way to help. They have about 8ish square feet per chicken in their coop/pen, and go out into a much larger run every day where they each have about 35 sqft per chicken. I'm working on building a bigger...
  9. KatieG509

    Pecking led to a skin issue

    Hello! We have a 1 year old dark Brahma who was being pecked pretty badly by her flock mates. She has a pretty large bald patch on her back and around her vent. The area near her vent is pretty red, and while applying Vaseline and peck no more today I noticed a hard white lump (see the third...
  10. Jasfarm

    Pinless Peepers? Bullying or Grief?

    Hello! I have a flock of 6 in New England. 1 Buff Orpington - ~3 years 1 Americuana - ~3 years These two are OG flock mates. 4 Lavender Orps - 1 year this May. Debbie the buff has been an absolute menace as of late. Getting on the backs of two lavs and biting their necks. To the point where...
  11. Gerby26

    Aggressive Female Muscovy

    I own 3 Muscovy Females and 2 Goose Females. Recently the dominant Muscovy(Dotty), has been bullying (chasing, harassing, etc.) one of my other Muscovy's(Penny). Penny has started not staying with the flock and instead watching them from across the yard and sitting alone, Dotty however is...
    • Gerby26
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    • aggressive duck bully behavior dominant duck help help aggressive muscovy muscovy behavior muscovy duck question
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. POD

    Feather Eating Troubles

    I’m looking for advice on what I can do for my >6 month old hen Brontë, who has returned to her former habit of plucking and eating the feathers of her five other flock mates. If you can share any stories or advice you have on curing a chicken of feather eating, please leave a comment. I’m...
    • POD
    • Thread
    • bully behavior cannibal chicken cannibalism feather eating feather picking help hen 8 months isolated pinless peepers
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  13. kanami

    bullying or molting?

    i’m so stressedddd, i’ve noticed some of my chooks are losing feathers and this is coming up on year one of me being a chicken tender and this is a first for me. i need the experts to look at all these photos and help me see if they are getting bullied or if some are molting or both! one day i...
  14. MissGreenJeans

    New aggression and reintroduction in winter

    Hi, folks. I’ve got a challenging situation and would love your advice. My hens are about a year and a half old. They grew up together as chicks and have lived in harmony. A few months ago, they stated to molt for the first time. They didn’t do it all at once. The later molters are almost done...
  15. TheFugitivePen

    Does separation help with bullying?

    Our top hen, Midge, is a bit of a bully. Initially, it was nothing concerning. She was always one of the first ones to food and seemed to push others out of the way (or just step close to the food and the other pullets would move away), and she was prone to pecking anyone she thought was too...
  16. S

    Bully chicken

    Hi, I’ve just been given a chicken. It was bullying some silkies at its old home (it’s a solo Isa Brown hen). I’ve had it in isolation away from my other chickens and there hasn’t been a problem with them seeing each other through the fence. I tried to see how the hen would be with my flock so...
  17. T

    Help! Chicken tears ends of beaks off of power hens

    Please help! I have one a-hole chicken who grabs the beaks of my other hens and twists and tears their beaks. She follows them around and yanks food out of their mouths. When the other three hens of the flock are together, there are no issues. This one was brought home two days later, all...
  18. J

    My chick is a bully please HELP

    I have 3 chicks and one is being a total bully. It picks on just one chick specifically. I didnt realize it could get this bad but while we were out one day the chick apparently beat up the other one so bad that blood was drawn and and we had to have the poor baby’s eye looked at. We separated...
  19. M

    Chicken gang… bullies and the feeder

    Hi all!! I have an existing flock of 11. I have just introduced 4 new girls who came together from their previous farm. They are slightly younger than my girls by about 2 weeks. Mine are about 10 weeks old. My girls have been nothing but sweet to the new girls. But the new girls are like a gang...
  20. S

    Can I put silkies, polish, appenzeller Spitzhauben and barnevelders together in the same Coop without bullying?? How loud are the apps and the barns?

    Hi. I have a very large coop and run that is 100% shaded and has lots of ventilation and is very high with multiple perches at varying heights. I have 3 feeders and 3 waterers. The whole coop and run are 100% protected from predators and extremely spacious, it's a gigantic Kingdom for...
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