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  1. josh117

    Pinless Peeper- Smaller Size???

    I am trying to get my Silver-Laced Wyandotte, Prudence, and two other hens to be friendly to my new girls and hopefully integrate them, but the older hens keep pecking and terrorizing the new girls. I decided to turn to the Pinless Peepers. They fit on my other two hens, but not on Prudence. She...
  2. ChickenLover741

    Introducing Smaller Hen into Flock of Young Assorted Hens?

    Recently was given a small hen that I think is a cochin? She has feathered legs and I don't think she's laying yet but I'm unfamiliar with the breed. Anyway, I have a flock of 9 bigger hens that have just started coming into lay (wyandottes, Easter eggers, black giants, columbian rock crosses)...
  3. Double Yolked

    Rewinning flock trust?

    How long does it typically take to rewin flock trust? I'm more than curious as this last 2 days I had a marked change in my flock. Suddenly for no clear reason, all my hens have gone skittery on me. No squatting, everyone runs when they see me. It looks like I'm going to have to re-tame the...
  4. hot_breakfast

    How to stop older hens from bullying younger hens?

    I recently got 2 young hens, both of them are around 2-3 months old. My older hens are around 1 year and 4 months old, and they won't stop bullying the younger ones. The little ones are too scared to even come out and drink water. What should I do?
  5. spiritpots

    Why is one of my chickens molting in July?

    I hope someone can help me with this! I have three new chickens (now 16 weeks old) and have been in the process of integrating them to my existing flock of three chickens (each about 17 months old) for the last several weeks. Today I noticed that one of the existing chickens, a Maran, has...
  6. S

    Hen bullying

    Hello everyone! I have a Amerucana hen picking on the others, a small silkie for the most part. It all started when she started crowing one day. Everytime she crows she becomes evil and pecks the other girls. The weirdest thing is though that we have a rooster (a different silkie) who crows as...
  7. S

    Hen being ostracized after absence

    Hi there! I've been using this website as a resource for the small flock of chickens I took over from my mother, but this is my first post. A couple weeks ago we thought one of the hens had been taken by a predator while free ranging during the day. Ten days later I found her trapped in a roll...
  8. sofiagrace901

    Raccoon Attack and Bullying

    a little less than a week ago, my buff orpington, kung pao, was attacked by a raccoon at 1 AM. her eye was swollen shut and she had a small wound on her neck and under her wing. all of these wounds are doing very well. she’s opening her eye on her own and it isn’t crusty anymore. now for the...
  9. BigBlueHen53

    Three Nights in Jail, Right?

    Three nights for a bully hen, right? Our older flock consists of eight hens and a year-old rooster who has just earned his spurs, so to speak. The younger flock is 14 weeks old and yes, we did integrate them a little early by a couple of weeks but for the most part it's going well. The chicklets...
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    • bad chicken bad hen chicken jail bad mama bad mama hen bully behavior bully hen bullying how many nights poor babies roosting problem
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  10. O

    How do I help my rooster from being picked on?

    Four months ago, I purchased 10 Australorp straight runs. After a few weeks, we noticed one of the chicks was forming stripes and found out we’d received a barred rock by mistake. I was so excited! A couple of months later, we realized we had 8 roosters and 2 hens! One of those roosters is the...
  11. SEaton611

    Re-integrating An Injured Pullet To The Flock

    I have 13 chickens - 5 established, year old Barred Rock hens who are very chill, and 7 chickens who are about 12 weeks old (2 easter egger hens, 2 faverolle hens, 3 black australorp hens, and 1 black australorp rooster). About a month ago, when I first tried integrating my new chickens with the...
  12. Georgeschicks

    giving away a chicken

    Hi! I have had bullying problems for a while now and my family and I have decided that it’s time that we give two of our chickens away before they get worse. They are two austrolorpes and they are great layers. They are one and a half years old. I was wondering where I should post to try to give...
  13. Georgeschicks

    Baltimore, MD 2 free laying hens (austrolorpes)

    Hey! I really need someone to take these two hens for me. They are 1 and a half years old and they are both black austrolorpes. Ever since spring they have been bullied non stop and we have not been able to stop it. They currently are missing feathers from their back. They were beautiful when...
  14. amandyrae

    Bullying vs Pecking Order (introducing new birds)

    I have two 5 year old hens, and I recently got two 4 month old pullets to add to my flock. It has been 2 weeks and the old hens peck the pullets aggressively anytime they see them. No severe injuries yet, but they’re pulling plenty of feathers and the pullets hide in fear anytime they’re all...
  15. Georgeschicks

    weird chicken behavior and injured chicken

    hi! this is a kind of complicated story so sorry in advance. I also have two issues here that I need help with. I have six chickens. 4 are two years old and were raised together as day old chicks. they are 2 easter eggers a bcm and a delaware. about six months later we introduced two more who...
  16. JS1977

    Bullied or Vitamin Deficiency?

    This is my bantam frizzle roo. Couple problems here that I’m not sure about. #1) As you can see in the photos, he has considerable loss of feathers. The ones on his neck are just the shaft of the feather that’s left- they feel like wire. The ones on his sides and wings are just plain missing...
  17. D

    Hen pecking

    Question on chicken pecking, bullying, I have 8 chickens 4 are sisters, 4 others are adopted, All hens.. We do not have a rooster,, they have all been together for over a year. but in the past 4 months or so, they have turned against one, we keep her in a separate area at night, her own little...
  18. divahens

    Bullying following death in the flock

    A few weeks ago, one of my two Buff Orpingtons was taken by a hawk. Immediately thereafter, my Ancona rooster began bullying the remaining BO, with other hens often joining in. Here is a video from a camera in my coop: Any ideas about what to do?
  19. K

    Hen keeps losing neck feathers. Help?

    My husband and I have 6 hens of various breeds. For the third time now the same hen is missing feathers on the side of her neck. This fall it was bad enough we had to isolate her with one of the docile hens for a month while her feathers grew back. We have not seen anyone bullying her, in fact...
  20. kianoosh

    Will chickens that grow up together still bully each other?

    I have a small urban coop with 4 chickens (4'x3' coop + 4'x10' run, no free ranging), so chickens fighting and bullying has been a real problem. I had two of a breed called Red Cross (cross of Rhode Island Red with Columbian Rock), and then I added two Columbian Rock Crosses - through proper...
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