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  1. Jhangles

    Smaller chicks bullied to death... I think. Need to expand our coop.

    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...
  2. Suep666

    Im too old for this :(

    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...
  3. MIMisfitranch

    Need help with goslings

    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.
  4. EggMan207

    Integration idea/question: new girls, and new coop

    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...
  5. skepticCS

    Issue with bullying

    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...
  6. Corinna Morse

    Sussex won't come in coop due to bullying

    I introduced two new birds (5 -6 months old to our flock of 3 (7months old) . The Black Australorp has successfully integrated after 1.5 weeks, but the speckled Sussex who is slightly smaller is definitely receiving the brunt of the pecking and abuse. She literally will sit on the outdoor perch...
  7. DaMoot

    Bullying behavior at bedtime?

    Hi all! I was just witnessing some mean behavior from one of our girls towards her flock-mate tonight while they were getting ready for bed and I was wondering if this was normal pecking order stuff or a symptom of a bigger problem? This is a fairly newly built coop and I think they might...
  8. Samannemm

    Boredom Busters in Polar Vortex

    I think someone already started a thread like this, but I couldn’t find it! Anyway, I have 3 hens (after a predator attack a few weeks ago took out my other hens) one black star, one red star, and one polish. I used to have two polish that would be picked on, but there were two of them and it...
  9. P

    Flockmate died and now the rest are picking on remaining hen

    We have 4 standard size hens that were raised together and get along great. We purchased 3 more a few months after the first bunch and 2 have passed leaving the one bantam hen by herself. The problem is that the original 4 are just vicious to the remaining bantam. I don’t know what to do to...
  10. RachG75

    Bully, bully...

    Help please! I have two 2.5 year old Pekin females that are bullying my 9 month old Runner. I brought her inside last night because she was bleeding on her face in several places (not the back of her neck). I filled the tub and let her have a nice bath and disinfected the minor wounds. She...
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  11. HappySetHayes

    Bullied Cross-Beaked Quail

    Hi I have four coturnix quails - two are about 9-10 months old and two are 4 weeks old now. The two older girls are tuxedo and white, and the babies were hatched out under the tuxedo who went broody (I shipped in some fertile eggs to put under her). The two babies are pretty happy and healthy...
  12. B

    2 year old flock rejecting hen

    Greetings, I've been coming here a long time looking at threads, but couldn't find much specific to my issue. I have a flock of 7 hens and 1 rooster. Most of the girls are around the same size, except for three of them. The Rhode Island Red is the smallest, I have a black hen that's the second...
  13. GoatDragonFarms

    Chicken yard drama! Halp!

    Alright folks, we need help. The situation: We have 13 birds, mixed flock. One of them is a year+ old laying silkie hen. We have two 3.5 month old Wyandotte cockerels. The two cockerels hatched and grew up together with 4 pullets and have no problem with each other. They have gotten, in the past...
  14. gjfurtsch

    Bossy hen remedy

    Being in Sacramento were only allowed three hens one of which has recently become very aggressive and attacking one chicken in particular. She was always the first one to the treats. When the others would arrive to the buffet she would always attack one chicken in particular. The aggressive one...
  15. H

    Do chickens need a flock member the same breed?

    Hello, I was wondering if you need more than one hen of a breed in your flock, Because i am planning on having a mixed breed flock And I will be getting barely any hens that are the same breed. And will they get lonely if they are the only breed of their kind? Anyways Thx for your help.
  16. C

    Hen losing weight and isolated

    Our lavender Orpington within the last 2 weeks has moved from top roost at night to middle roost below the 3 other chickens, to now sleeping in a nesting box. She just had new feathers grow in and looks good except for being thinner and seems to have the same friendly personality with people...
  17. A

    Hen getting beat on by other hens

    I have read up and down the pages of this site and others and am still questioning exactly what is happening and how I am supposed to fix it.. or if I need to find the hen being picked on a new home. So these hens all grew up together from the get-go. 3 are Barred Rock, and 2 are Ameriucana...
  18. HerbsAndSpice

    Bullying, Mixed breeds, integrating newbies HELP!

    Hi Friends! We’ve had our original three chickens since they hatched in April. All came from the same hatch, but are a “barnyard mix” — “Pecker” (named by my three-year-old! ) resembles a Columbian Wyandotte (or maybe a Brahma but without feathered feet), “Pepper” resembles a Black Australorp...
  19. ChitownChick

    When to cull?

    Hi there, I'm relatively new to keeping chickens, and see them generally as pets. I don't raise for meat, and have decided to keep retired layers as pets through their natural lifespan. However, for the first time, I'm considering culling some of my hens, and would like some feedback...
  20. ChitownChick

    Should I get some silkies?

    Hi Y'all, I'm already looking forward to chick season next spring and deciding what breeds to add to my flock. I currently have 5 outdoor hens--3 old RIRs, 2 younger Isa Browns--that live in a substantial coop and covered run that my husband and I built ourselves (we have a small business doing...
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