bully behavior

  1. SpicyDisaster

    Bully Situation Caught on Camera

    While testing out camera functionality and effectiveness before installing it in our coop, I captured this gem on video. We've known for a while that Silver the EE was bottom of the pecking order along with another EE. It seems like only Silver was winding up with feather damage on her back...
  2. Smartbomb71

    6 Hens 3 Bullies

    My flock is all jacked up. I have 6 hens; a barred rock, RIR, Issa brown, EE, americauna, and a lacy Wyandot. The crappy behavior started with Loretta the Issa brown. She started picking feathers and chasing my americauna Fluff. It was stressful and I should've isolated Loretta. I'm certain that...
  3. MaggieRose2001

    Bully or Normal Behavior?

    I don’t know if I have a bully or if this is normal chicken behavior. I have 10 chickens all the same age (26wks) and of various breeds. My Wyandotte ( Dottie ) is picking on everyone. Especially Alice - my buff Orpington. She has had a bloody comb for the past week. Dottie pecks anyone who...
  4. G

    Pecking order or bullying? Sudden fued between 2/5 of my flock.

    Hi all, My bantams are about 11-12 weeks old. I am pretty sure everyone is female (no reddening of combs etc.). All of a sudden my Green Queen EE HATES my Barred Plymouth Rock. They can't be in the same quadrant as one another, and my BPR keeps running away like scared for her life. GQEE will...
  5. S

    Bully or pecking order?

    I have 8, 1 week old chicks, of various breeds. My Easter Egger seems to have it out for any of my “yellow” chicks (favorelle, Houdan, sultan). She keeps going after right above of below their eyes. She walks up to my darker colored chicks and looks at them and then usually walks away. I had to...
  6. thecarmiearmy

    HELP!! Hen won't stop pecking smaller hen

    Hello all, For about a week now one of my hens has been bullying the smaller hen (the one at the bottom of the pecking order.) I know they're doing this because it's hot and they're bored. There's not much to do in their run and I need to extend the length and height of the run. I did not...
  7. chickenGrant

    Pecking each other has gotten worse.

    Hi there. I have three chickens, one golden laced Wyandotte one silver laced Wyandotte and one cinnamon queen. The cinnamon queen seems to be the lead hen and likes to pick on the others. But the golden laced Wyandotte is in second and she picks on the silver laced Wyandotte. Both the...
  8. Georgiahome622

    Bullied pullet

    Advice needed! I have 12 hens and 2 roosters (both roosters weren't expected in my order). One of the roosters is a big boy - clearly a meat bird and more than twice as big as my hens, and significantly bigger than the other rooster. All are 16 weeks old, a "colored egg assortment" from...
  9. 5

    Missing Feathers Mystery

    Hello! So, November 2020 through January 2021, my chickens were molting. Only one of my hens had a hard molt, another lost feathers around her neck, while the others barely molted. The hen who had a hard molt grew her feathers back 2-3 months ago, while my featherless necked hen didn't. I...
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    • bare spots feather loss bully behavior feather damage feather disease feather loss help anyone😰😰😰😭😭 help appreciated rapid feather loss not due to molting sick hen
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  10. HeathenHavenHomestead

    Chicks being bullied

    Hello, I have 27 chicks and 4 different breeds and varying ages. The youngest, 3 (3-4 week old) Wyandotte’s are being bullied by the other chicks. Weve seen our cockerel RIR (5-6 week old) chase and peck at them. Last night a Cali Tan (5-6 week) and a Sapphire Gem (unsure if it was the 3-4 or...
  11. MenachemEliyahu

    Lost another one

    I lost another chick today to the hens. It’s the fifth day since they were unintentionally integrated with two hens. I thought for the most part it was going well, but apparently not. I just ordered pinless peepers for the hens and it should come in tomorrow. I figure it would be easier to...
  12. Britt712

    My female has started bullying..

    I have 2 female coturnix quail that have been together since they've hatched and have gotten along ever since. They are 9 months old and one of them has started picking on the other. I am aware that this is bullying behavior because just 20 minutes ago one has started pecking and chasing the...
    • Britt712
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    • advice appreciated bully behavior cotournix quail
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Quail
  13. H

    comb pecking!

    I have a little flock of four pekin bantam hens. It’s coming up to a year we’ve had them. They have scraps, of course, and one of them (Belinda) is clearly at the bottom of the pecking order. Belinda was looking very sleepy this morning and had an upset tummy mess in her trousers so we brought...
  14. 4loveofhens

    Pecking Order

    Hi hope everyone is well. I am writing to ask for ides and or suggestions. I have one Leg Horn who is very old and a rescue from battery cages. I also have 3 Isa Browns who are rescues from free range (In large Shed) farm. Then I have 2 Australorps which I grew up from day old chicks. The...
    • 4loveofhens
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    • australorp bully behavior chicken help isa brown leg horn pecking order rescue separate
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  15. cariboo

    Multiple bully chickens, limited space to separate in winter

    I’ve been trying to reintroduce a hen that was in isolation for a few days (bad constipation, initially thought she was egg bound) to my small flock of 11 hens. There are 3-5 of the hens that bully her relentlessly, attacking her whenever I let her out of her wire dog crate that’s been back in...
  16. C

    Fighting chickens and bloody combs. Not sure what’s happening!

    Hello all! I’ve got some misbehavior happening causing bloody combs and I’m not sure why or what to do about it. Yesterday my girl Piper (Plymouth Blue Rock) had a bloody comb so I stayed out in the run to see what was happening. I noticed another of my girls, Kia (Leghorn) who typically keeps...
  17. E

    What to do with hen who is bullying smaller chickens?

    I recently lost a very small chook (probably the runt of the group) and I wasn't entirely sure what had occurred, but now I think that one of my hens who has become quite a bully may have been responsible in this and I had noticed her attacking the runt. Today, I noticed that another smaller...
  18. Mrshoneybear

    One duck picking on other two.

    I have 3 "females" ducklings (sexed from the hatchery) that are around 5-6 weeks old. A few days ago we noticed the Rouen picking on the buff and I had to pull 2 broken blood feathers. I have separated them completely, and outside (we keep them outside during the day now) we have a board...
    • Mrshoneybear
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    • 5 week old advice bully behavior duck duckling help separate
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. A

    New Chick Help

    Hello new to the chicken game. Long story short I rescued a bantam chicken that was wondering around the neighborhood. No one claimed it after asking all around. I ended up getting a baby New Hampshire chick she is now about 6 weeks old. She's the same size as the bantam which is maybe 1 year...
  20. M

    Cross Beak Silkie Chick

    Hi all! I’m new here and to raising chickens. We have 9 silkie chicks, 4 are about 7 weeks old and 5 are about 5 weeks old. One of the 5 week old chicks has a cross beak and I am starting to get concerned about if he/she is getting enough nutrients. He/she is definitely smaller than the other...
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