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  1. K

    Chick Dominance Behavior

    Two questions about chick dominance behavior (they're almost 3 weeks old): 1. As of today, the alpha male has moved beyond occasionally pecking my hand to biting. Clearly, saying "no" in a loud, stern voice isn't working. Any other ideas to curb this behavior? BTW, I've raised six dogs -...
  2. D

    Aggressive quail hen

    I had my first 7 quails in enclose for a few months now and a few days ago I noticed one suddenly became a bully. Pecking at others and chasing them (all are female) quite aggressively, not a regular peck. I separated it for some time on the other side of the enclosure to calm down, thought the...
    • Darzoveja
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    • aggresion dominance quail
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  3. EurekaChic

    Rehome One Rooster or Two?

    We have raised chickens for several years, adding to the flock by buying newly hatched chicks from various sources. We made a decision from the beginning that we didn't want any roosters, and so have only purchased sexed chicks. But, as was bound to happen eventually, our recent batch included...
  4. F

    Should I keep the least dominant rooster?

    Hey everyone! So I want to keep at least 1 cooper maran roosters from the 4 I hatched. They're about 4-5 months old right now. I was originally going to keep 1 but I'm thinking now I might keep 2-3 (recommended by the hatchery I got for spiral breeding). But either way the rooster that I think...
  5. EriLynCap

    Muskovy question.

    I apologize if this has already been asked. I have been looking online for days. I also apologize for the length. We had what I believe to be a female muskovy show up on our pond approximately 3 months ago. She started growing the caruncles about 3 weeks after arriving and as of right now only...
    • EriLynCap
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    • dominance drake duck muskovy question
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. A

    Do I intervene or let them work it out?

    Hi everyone, I currently have nine ducks, two of which are males. They always got along just fine, but now that they’re over 4 months old they fight. Anytime they are together there is a brawl, and my Pekin injured the Rouen during their last fight. I had to keep Ralph in the hospital wing for...
    • A Renee
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    • aggressive drake dominance
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. All4Eggz

    Dominant rooster kicked down in pecking order - What should I do?

    Yesterday I realized our most dominant rooster was starting to get challenged by our youngest rooster, who was hatched in the middle of last year. Our Golden Sebright rooster has always been the most dominant rooster in our flock. I always found it hilarious that he’s always been our smallest...
  8. Fallenone05

    Hen dominance behavior

    Hi guys! I've had chickens for a few years but saw something new for my flock. One of my hens (roughly a year old) actually mounted and mated one of the other hens. I know both are laying eggs, as I've seen them both lay and quite often gather 6 for 6 eggs from my coop. Is it a show of...
  9. Chxlove

    5 week old chicks fight when they see me

    My 2 olive eggers who are siblings are 5 weeks old, my barred rock (likely a roo) is just under that, and 2 buff Orpingtons are 4 weeks. The olive eggers have always been the biggest due to their age, but now they are significantly bigger than the others. It seems like every time they see me...
  10. P

    Roosters, confined spaces and re-establishing dominance

    Hey folks, could do with some advice on re-establishing the human/cockerel pecking order. We ended up with two bantam roos in our small flock who were misidentified as pullets, but they were all raised together and seem to be getting on reasonably okay still. Blackwell has always been pretty...
  11. E

    Sudden aggression?

    I have four chickens living like queens in a big shed (their outdoor area isn’t ready yet). They have multiple waterers and feeders and normally seem to be happy, besides some pecking from our top girl Gwen who’s a few years older than the other three. The order was Gwen, Chichi, Inari, &...
  12. Phantom_k9

    Need help to try and tame a rooster!

    Hi all! We got our first batch of chickens from a friend who hatches then for her first grade class. We had no idea what we were getting, and now we are sorta stuck with two hens, a Gold Laced Polish roo, and a Dominique roo. The Dominique is the problem child. Believe me, we didn't want to have...
  13. Wonderling

    Hen hates rooster?

    I have a Buff Orphington named Marigold, who had a complete personality flip from previously being very submissive. I had her and my other hen with a rooster for awhile but he became people aggressive and started overdoing it so that my other hen was starting to loose feathers on her back. I got...
  14. Lanklow5790

    Ducks - Time to Re-home the Drake?

    Hi! We have a drake Pekin; a female Runner, and a very small female Mallard (wild, but raised by us since day one). All of them are about 6 months old. They are free range in our suburban backyard, but in their house and run at night. Pekin is the leader of the flock. He likes to mate, but...
    • Lanklow5790
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    • dominance drake ducks stressed hen
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. Buff-Blondie

    Rooster Gone Sour

    Hello. I'm new here. I work on a historic farm that is open to the public and help take care of 30+ chickens (we got some new babies and more on the way). One of the roosters, who my friend named Clux, has recently lost his dominance. Over the summer, he used to have a ton of hens following him...
  16. chicken singer

    Hen attacking other hen

    Hi there, Cosmo is the queen of my chicken coop, but she has taken to attacking Cheeko chicken in particular to the point I am worried she will kill her. Cheeko is an older girl and has trouble walking, so when Cosmo comes to attack her, it doesn't help that Cheeko cant get out of the way. When...
  17. MisaF

    Female Duck on Female Duck Dominance or Should I Worry?

    Hi duck folks!! You may recall my posts about raising a singleton Indian Runner. Our little duckling turned out to be a female and once we were fairly certain we adopted an adult female duck to try to transition our single into a new duck life. I felt an adult in need of a good home would be...
    • MisaF
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    • dominance drakes ducks gender ducks mounting
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. G

    rooster attacking chicks,and their father caretaker

    Im Having an issue with a rooster, i have to admit he was froma farmer who bread fighting cocks and when i got him he was blind in one eye, eventually one of my mother hens died, and when i went to recover the chicks she left, they had already settled with the fighting cock, he basically was the...
  19. AlexaR

    New mama hen attacking other broody's new baby

    Hi everyone, desperately hoping you can help me sold this conundrum. I read everything I could already in the threads and tried a few methods 2 nights ago, but they didn't work out. The long story: Two of my hens (a sizzle & a silkie) went broody, the sizzle went broody well before the silkie...
  20. Miriah132

    Comb identification and genetics

    Hi yall! Ive been researching comb genetics and kind of know the basics. However, how do you identify combs on day old chicks? I have my easter eggers hatching at the moment and am having a hard time identifying comb types and which is which breed. My chicks are out of my Easter egger rooster...
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