chicken attacks

  1. C

    My rooster is humping my drake

    My hens are 12 weeks, but my rooster is 10 weeks. my drake is 12 weeks too, so my rooster started to crow and seems to be at a mature age. My rooster however doesn't go after my hens, but instead goes after my drake. Should I worry about my drake getting internal injuries if I don't catch my...
  2. Bigbluefrog

    Rooster charging at me

    I have a one year old Buff Orpington. He has charged at me two times. Both times I was wearing red or pink. And both times a hen was squaking- in distress. It is our first rooster. We got him at 6 months. I was not able to hold him much as he was not hand raised. Someone said to hold the...
  3. BarredRock412

    RIR Hen Won't Stop Attacking Dog

    We have a 2-year-old RIR hen who will constantly attack our 3 1/2-year-old male labrador retriever. I knew that RIR's were aggressive, but not this aggressive! It started small, she would peck at him if he got to close or tried to sniff at her. But then she started running up to him, to the...
    • BarredRock412
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    • aggresive hen agressive chicken attacks crazy hen dog and chickens hen aggression rhode island red
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  4. O

    Stop Chicken chasing small dogs

    I had three backyard hens that are well behaved. I just recently brought in a new chick and she is close to maturity now. Almost / or is full size. she’s a Brahma she is being excluded and slightly picked on from my girls but they all sleep in the coop together. so the last 30 days she has...
  5. jclausen

    One RIR hen still attacking me.

    I have one of my RIR attacking to the point of drawing blood on the back of my hand. She will jump off the ground to latch on to the back of hand. I have tried swatting her away, pecked her on the head several times and she still want to grab the back of my hand and latch on. Not sure what she...
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