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  1. Allisonlovesnancy

    Help!!

    Hello, we recently got four chickens and we have only had them for a week. Today when I took out my chicken Nancy to hold her(I do this every day, I stand by the coop/ run so she can still her friends) I noticed she had some feathers missing on her forehead, it was not like that before and it...
  2. M

    Help with a Bully Quail

    Hello :) I'm new to this forum and have a serious issue with one of my quails. I am a new quail owner (I actually found most of my information here) and I keep my quails indoors in a bunny hutch. I've have my three female Chinese dwarf quails (Luci, Fern, and Tina) for about 2 months with no...
    • Madara
    • Thread
    • bullying injury quails
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Quail
  3. Ansleigh

    Bullying Chickens

    I have 3 chickens that grew up together and the rooster and one of the hens is attacking the other hen, they are not letting her eat or drink and when she tries, they peck her... how do I stop this and is there a reason they are doing this?
  4. Samannemm

    Introducing new hens in winter

    Hi all! I just want to make sure what I am doing is the correct thing. I had neighbors complain about my rooster's noise so I ended up rehoming him, which left me with 2 cinnamon queens. I ended up getting 4 more hens of varying breeds. I have a run that is about 12 x 5 feet and a coop that can...
  5. kemnerg

    Hens bullying another hen

    We have had our hens for 2.5 years. They all seem to get along pretty well, they will occasionally pick on our Bard Cochin while she is brooding, but within the last 2 weeks, the other hens have been picking on her a lot. The bard cochin is now staying in the roost most of the day since the...
  6. rgmarch_

    Mean Girls: Chicken Edition

    hey, y’all! Brand new chicken Mama here. My husband and I bought a new house in South Carolina and inherited chickens with the purchase of the house. For the first few weeks, we were getting 1-3 eggs per day from four hens. We decided to expand our flock and add four new chickens. We waited...
  7. J

    Matriarch Hen/Bully

    I have an Isa Brown hen who to me is the sweetest. She will always come to me and want me to pet her. Then, when it comes to the Rhode Island Reds, she will peck at them making their lives miserable. I have an ad in craigslist to rid of the Rhode Islanders in trade. However, the problem still...
  8. poulet2016

    Molting/Pecking/Awful behavior

    hello all, My girls are going through their first molt- it is mine too since they are my first chickens so I am quite the newbie! I have 2 auracanas (okay that is what I was told they were but but after reading up I am guessing they are EEs or some kind of mix). The auracanas are really the...
  9. North feather

    Introducing pullets into an existing flock

    My existing flock were raised in an incubator so none of them have gone broody. So when my neighbor asked if I wanted her hen to raise chicks for me I jumped at the idea. I want imprinted chicks who will go broody themselves. So today I picked up my 6 week old chicks and put them in a...
  10. rocky222

    Grumpy old girl...

    I had two hens that I raised from chicks. To be honest, they were a little spoiled - neither of them really knew they were hens, they were part of the family. Sadly, one of them died last year at the age of 2. I know how socialble chickens are, so we didn't want one lonelt hen. We bought 2 hens...
    • rocky222
    • Thread
    • bullying dominance fighting hen pecked new member hen picking on other hen introducing pullets new flock
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  11. purplerice27

    Chickens won't Stop Pecking New Bird!

    Hi! I just recently acquired a Leghorn from a friend of mine. I have an existing flock of 2 ISA Browns (5 months) and an oversize Polish bantam and an undersized white unknown rooster. I've kept the Leghorn and my flock separate for 4 days now, but they have access to each other and are only...
  12. L

    Silkie Emergency

    Once again, I look to Backyard Chickens for help. My family noticed one of our two and a half month old silkies not moving in the run, while the others were running and scratching around. He brought him/her inside in a plastic tote. I rubbed homemade salve all over the legs, because it appeared...
  13. Y

    Need Help!! Integrating a new Pullet

    Hello all, I am new to this site and fairly new to chicken owning in general so bear with me please :). I introduced a new pullet (very very sweet black Australorp) to my current Pullets roughly 7 days ago. I followed the rules of quarantine first, then kept my new pullet in a cage in view of...
  14. B

    My beta is a bully

    My second in command has violent tendencies. When I started my flock I had 4 cute little pullets, one was abducted by aliens, one fell prey to a possum and that left my last two... Mary and Rhoda. Mary and Rhoda get a long great, they appear to share everything equally and are stuck to each...
  15. C

    Three against one isn't fair

    I live in London and have had 4 hens for just over a year. They share a 7 meter square pen but also range freely when I am around to keep an eye out for foxes and strange cats. They went through a bout of feather pecking when I had to keep them penned for 2 months during avian flu restrictions...
  16. MilesFluffybutt

    Behaviorally challenged cockerel

    So I have one of my cockerels (13 weeks old) in time out for being a real d-bag - feather pulling and harassment. He's on day 2, and honestly, the flock has been so peaceful. He's in a bachelor pad all by himself. I've blocked his line of sight to the other birds as best as I can, but I'm sure...
  17. Stormydays

    Bully chick

    I currently have 3 four day old chicks in the house. All are supposed to be females. They came in the mail yesterday and were doing great. One of the chicks (an easter egger) has started to bully the other two. I have had to separate her from the other two girls. I know pecking is common, but...
  18. K

    Getting Bullied or Being Aggressive??

    I'm stressed & need some advice please o_O My Flock: 3 hens, raised together since the day I got them, all laying, none molting, 16 months old Recently, I noticed Parmesan (my 3rd place hen) getting picked on in the mornings by Marsala (my 1st place hen). This was going on for a few days...
  19. R

    A few things...

    Hi Very new to chickens but I rehomed 8 ex batts on Saturday. I'm keen to encourage feather growth and obviously strengthen their overall health. They don't seem keen to eat anything green or their own eggs. We don't eat eggs so there is plenty for them. . Ive already lost one as she had a...
  20. Chickalishdelish

    New flock with big bully

    Hello, I've a brand new little flock of 3 POL chickens who have only been together since Sunday in our back garden setup. One of the ladies (Rita) has taken to chasing and pecking my other two girls, particularly the smallest one (Penny), which had been in the same run as her when I bought her...
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