cannibalism

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    My baby chicken is displaying cannibalistic tendencies

    As it says on the tin, but here are more details regarding the issue. So I got 5 baby birds (now around 16 weeks old) from a fairly reputable breeder a few months ago to go along with my three other adult birds. Everything was relatively normal as far as flock integration goes. The babies were...
  2. J

    My hens are eating my rooster

    Hello! I need help with my rooster chanticleer. About two years ago he was involved in an accident wherein he became paralyzed. Luckily after months of treatment he recovered enough to be able to walk around by himself again. He's basically all better except he still sometimes falls down when...
  3. How To Apply Pinless Peepers

    How To Apply Pinless Peepers

    Whether you have a feather-plucking flock, an egg-eating hen, or a bullying chicken, you've discovered a cannibalism issue within your flock. After some research and possibly a few failed attempts to stop your chickens, you may have found Pinless Peepers and feel like that's your only option to...
  4. POD

    Feather Eating Troubles

    I’m looking for advice on what I can do for my >6 month old hen Brontë, who has returned to her former habit of plucking and eating the feathers of her five other flock mates. If you can share any stories or advice you have on curing a chicken of feather eating, please leave a comment. I’m...
    • POD
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    • bully behavior cannibal chicken cannibalism feather eating feather picking help hen 8 months isolated pinless peepers
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
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    Help needed ! Cannibalism in 2 month old hens

    Hello ! Hoping someone could help me out. I have 45 young hens and possibly some roos hatch date April 8th, that were living inside until yesterday when I moved them to a 10x10 coop( they were getting too big). It was cold last night so I put on the heating lamp. ( white light) my red bulb had...
  6. Lacy Duckwing

    Penny's in Jail

    Penny the Silver-Laced Wyandotte hen has officially been sent to jail! So this is the bird, Penny: And this is her cell: Name: Penny Breed: Silver-Laced Wyandotte Age: About a year old Appearence: Black and white. Average Silver-Laced Wyandotte markings and shape Weight: Probably the...
  7. 5.3acredream

    Cannibal hen killing my flock

    Two times in the past 2 months I've walked into my coop to find a hen nearly dead- the back of her head pecked open. The first hen didn't make it, the second one I caught in time and isolated. There are no predators (covered run, hardwire dug in)- this is chicken on chicken. I don't know which...
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    Chickens pecking at another's back

    We have three sex link chickens that we got last spring. They've always gotten along well. One of them started molting a few weeks ago and now, the other two have discovered that they can peck at her, drawing blood. We simply don't have the space to separate them, and thus far, Blu-Kote has had...
  9. karenmragan

    Chick Murder!

    Hello everyone, to fill you in I have a couple of broodies sitting together and they just hatched three chicks yesterday. Well the nest they chose happens to be one of the favorite of the flock. I did not seal it off because I figured the moms would shoo away any other hens. I come in there a...
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    Cannibal Coturnix

    Hi everyone- we have coturnix quail. We started out with 4, got 4 more, and now we are down to 3. We lost some to magpies outside. Today I found a really disturbing sight. Two of my quail had their heads sticking out of the cage with open, bloody, wounds. The other one had blood all over her...
    • CHickMama4
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    • cannibalism coturnix quail
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Quail
  11. T

    Chicks and chickens

    I just placed two young roosters who are both roughly 7-8 weeks old in a chicken coop with chickens that are 15 weeks+. They have one rooster. One I placed them in the rooster attacked them and they hid in nesting boxes. It's was night time when I did that. Is there anything I should be...
  12. emmash

    Chicken cannibalism took my chicken, how to prevent from spreading?

    Hi! I have five chickens in my small flock, and about a week ago one of my RIRs was being picked on her tail area. It was quite minor, a few broken quills and minimal bleeding, so I didn't worry about it and I let her be. She was fine for a few days, then two days ago she started bleeding a...
  13. danceswithronin

    Update on bully <1 week old chick vent-pecking.

    This weekend I posted a thread about my smallest buff silkie chick very aggressively vent-pecking two of my other chicks until they had no fuzz left on their tails and their tail-tips were bloodied. Well I spent a LOT of the past weekend monitoring the chicks - whenever the bully chick went...
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