bullying

Hi all - Three of hens look like moulting but has been going on for a month or so. One has this region at base of tail feathers where the feathers have been eaten away in some fashion. All that is left is the quill of the feather and instead of feeling soft, the base feels hard and stiff...

Hello ! So one day last week I noticed my 1.5 yr old Red leghorn was not walking on her leg. After thorough inspection I noticed an area of her leg was inflamed / red and looked infected. I instantly began soaks & applying vetericyn 2x daily. Mind you I am a newbie chicken owner so I am...

I have 8 hens. One of them is always getting picked on by everyone else. Every time I try to put her back in with them her neck is pecked so much it bleeds. I’m now keeping her in a separate area with one of the younger hens that was just introduced. She is let out to free range with everyone...

Our sweet hen, Henrietta, had a bald spot on her head that we were afraid would eventually be bloodied, so we dabbed it with Blu kote in hopes it would discourage pecking. Since then, the bullying has intensified and spread to the other hens bullying her. We've crated the top hen in the pen run...

I thought I had the bullying under control at this point with perches, places to hide, pinless peepers and multiple feed and water stations. They were all doing great. The victim has gained weight, feathers were growing back, is able to hang out with, eat next to and be a member of the flock and...

So, last week, I went out a little earlier than usual (to let the chickens into the run) and was surprised to see projectile water being spewed from the mouth of one of my Buff Orpingtons. She and 3 others are now 9 weeks old and were added to my existing flock of 14 week old Australorps over a...

We have seven 5-wk old chicks (got them when they were a day old) and are new to raising chickens. Two Wyandottes have made it clear from the beginning that they are at the top of the pecking order. In the last few days, the larger of the Wyandottes has started being very aggressive and is...

This is my first batch of chicks ever. I ordered 6 day old chicks from My Pet Chicken, 2 buff Brahma bantams, 2 white silkie bantams, and 2 black frizzle Cochin bantams. They will be 1 week old tomorrow. The buff Brahmas have grown faster than the others and 1 of them, the biggest, started...

IMG_0422 by Carolrich posted Jul 8, 2018 at 8:35 AM I talked about Stanley here on BYC when I first got him. He was 11 weeks old and shortly after we got him, he developed an eye infection. Long story short, per our vet, he was treated with antibiotics (two 10 day rounds) but lost his left eye...

I am new to chickens. I have ten 18 week old birds that I have raised from chicks. Two have turned out to be Cockrells that, of course, are becoming cocky. The problem is, my smallest bird, a tiny Polish, seems to get the brunt of their frat boy behavior. A few weeks ago she started sleeping in...

Please help! I have a hen (maybe more than one, but I’m leaning towards one main hen) that I have seen with my own eyes eating feathers, jumping on the back of other hens and acting like a rooster, and most recently pecking an egg and starting to eat the yolk right in front of me. I have a total...

We are new chicken caretakers and I noticed I think from the beginning (about two months ago) she was missing feathers. It has recently gotten worse with many feathers missing from her back and now pink spots too. Today I noticed while feeding them some mealworms that out of the blue the...

Hello everyone, this will be my first and likely only post here (At least for a while) I am taking care of some birds for a friend while he is away on vacation. 1 chicken and 5 quails. The chicken is Silkie/Polish cross, and was born around April 27th of this year. The quails are Coturnix...

Hi friends, I received 27 chickens via Hoovers April 13th (7 weeks ago). We got a variety of breeds, including a Leghorn, GLW, Brhamas, New Hampshires, Polish, some Sex-Links and a couple more. Because of some permit troubles, at 6 weeks (when we deemed it time to put the birds outside) we still...

OK, settle in for a story. I have had chickens on my property for 5 years. I have added new chicks each year. Due to predators, life and other things I am at 14 chickens and 2 rooster's right now. Having 2 roosters is another story but they have split the flock up and everybody gets along...

Hey everyone, So we originally started out with 5 hens. Then chick season rolled around and suddenly we had over 20 chickens. We currently have 2 Tractor Supply coops with a smallish run in between them. Space really hasn't been an issue since we let our chickens out first thing in the...

so Hi All you experts out there... having a few issues with our flock. We've had chickens for some years now and have been through all sorts of different issues and problems and with the help of you guys always managed to come out the other side quite well. so I'm hoping I can get some great...

Hello how are yall? I have 8 goslings that are about 8 or 9 days old and they seem to pick on each other. Pulling down out leaving them with red bare skin. I have tried some toys but i am new to geese first time raising them. So help would be highly appreciated.

So, I have 8 existing girls in a coop/run. I bought 8 more that are 6 weeks. I also bought a new coop. The last integration I did was really rough/violent. So, I had an idea. What if, I put the new girls in the new coop until the are 14-16 weeks by themselves. Then, integrate the older ones 2...

I've been reading up a bit on bullying in flocks, but I have to find a situation that quite matches my experience. I started my flock about a year ago with 6 chicks (3 RIR, 3 ISA Browns) and inherited 5 further chickens (2 Americaunas, 1 Orpington, 1 RIR, 1 Dominique) about 4 months later right...