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  1. H

    Duck Fight! Who is to blame and what should I do? Video and explanation in the post!

    this is my intro post i copied and pasted it here since it gives some background.. as does the description box on the video Hello, I have taken over the care of my elderly parents ducks. They have three female ducks and One drake/One Female pair. The female living with the drake was broody last...
    • hoboerecta
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    • drake drake behavior duck duckling fighting flock additions flock behavior pekin single duck
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. Qquails899

    3 quail can’t get along

    Hello everyone, yes, it’s me again… I have an old quail (about 2 years old) and I bought 4 chicks back in june, out of which I only kept two, a silver one and a tibetan (the most unproblematic ones, or at least I thought they were). All 3 of my birds are females. And they can’t get along. The...
    • Qquails899
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    • agression boredom coturnix quail excessive drinking female quail fighting
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Quail
  3. StinkyAcres

    How to stop Muscovy ducks from bullying each other?

    I specifically got all female Muscovy ducks to avoid bullies but I soon learned that doesn't keep them from picking on each other. When it is egg-laying season they chase each other daily, sometimes pulling feathers, drawing blood, and almost drowning each other, and I have had to separate them...
    • StinkyAcres
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    • attacking bullying chasing fighting muscovy ducks
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. bripms

    Two Hens suddenly attacking almost everyone else...almost

    I've got a sudden and intense issue with my flock. For reference: 4 hens, 1 rooster, all together since hatch. They are in a tractor style run in the yard that has an indoor and outdoor section and is 8ft by 2ft total. They have an auto filling waterer, plenty of food, and have not--to my...
    • bripms
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    • conflict fighting hens attacking hens attacking rooster mean birds
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Quail
  5. B

    Pullets/cockerel afraid of hens, not eating

    I added 5 pullets and a cockerel to my flock of 5 hens over a month ago, and recently had to tube feed one of the pullets because she became lethargic and I realized she wasn’t eating. Upon watching them, none of them eat nearly enough, and it appears to be that they’re afraid of the hens. There...
  6. C

    Fighting flock after rooster culled?

    Need advice. We culled our rooster about 2 weeks ago as half the girls had bare backs and shoulders, he put a gaping wound on the side of one and was starting to attack me. Things were going okay. Now there are a lot of side fights going on in the hen population. I have 16 hens. I know the...
  7. D

    My other leghorn thinks she's a big shot

    So I had one bully leghorn that chased the others then I isolated her and she's been calm although quite lethargic and then the other leghorn who's the youngest started beefing with my amber star who's submissive and then I put that leghorn with the bully leghorn and she was instantly sized up...
  8. Robind15

    How to handle my roosters fighting?

    Hello, I need some advice with my two roosters. I've had the Brahma for two years, and then I bought pullet chicks last year ; one of the Amerucanas grew up to be a rooster. Go figure, lol. They grew up together and lived in harmony for a year, except for the Brahma chasing off the Amerucana...
  9. ElGoose

    Ganders fighting over me!

    I have a small flock of 4 geese currently two ganders and 2 females which all usually get along fine. 2 of those 4 we raised from eggs (boy and a girl) and both are very affectionate toward me however now that it’s becoming broody season my girl (Polly) is getting more timid around me and my boy...
    • ElGoose
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    • broody fighting gander geese
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Geese
  10. biscotti

    Help please! Drakes first mating season - fighting and seperation

    Its my first spring (getting close to 1 year mark having my ducks) and I have 4 sibling runner drakes. They've done well together all year (they'll be 1 year in march or may) but now its gotten warmer in one day and they all switched up and are fighting hard together. The most submissive one...
    • biscotti
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    • drake drake attacking fighting mating season runner duck seperating drakes spring
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. BoomChickWow

    Nesting box war

    This morning one of my nesting boxes looked like a crime scene. I have 3 nesting boxes open and 5 hens. 2 of them have been laying for a while and 2 just started laying. I know it was my 3 oldest fighting over this one box. One of them ended up laying on the drop board in the coop which has...
  12. thoeffel1994

    Muscovy ducks plucking each other's wings?

    I just noticed an issue with my young Muscovies plucking each other's wings. They'll reach out and grab another birds wing and yank the feathers out in the process. A few were bleeding. 😬. What should I do about this and why are they doing this. I've never had this issue before?
    • thoeffel1994
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    • duck feathers fighting injury muscovy pluck plucked feathers
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. EdgeC

    Silkie picking the wrong fights?

    So I have about a 18 week old (hen) silkie mix breed (mixed with black austrolope). She is the only of her kind that we have (are hoping for a brooder). Anyways we have kept her separated from the chicks (she didn't hatch and they are only about 9? weeks old (silver wyndottes and barred rock)...
  14. A

    Barnyard mix fighting & sexing help

    Hello! I decided to let my broody RSL hatch some chicks. I purchased fertilized eggs from a local farmer and 3 weeks later had 8 beautiful and colourful chicks. Fast forward 2 weeks and 2 days post hatch…. They are fighting! Like draw blood on the comb fighting. My biggest bully (who I for some...
  15. thoeffel1994

    What do you do to get new ducks to integrate into the flock?

    I introduced 9 new ducks to my flock recently and they just do not get along with the kahki campbells. They sort of stay off in their own groups and when they do get near each other they don't get along. Will they ever get along or will they sort of keep together in their own groups? The...
  16. E

    3 mamas each with chicks, FIGHTING

    Hi! I have 3 hens that went broody at the same time. I didn’t have the heart to tell 2 of them no. Now all 3 have 3 babies each I’ve had no issues with the rest of the flock and the babies, but if the mamas come across another mama, they fight, really bad. I have all 3 mamas separated right...
    • Ejmaggz
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    • baby chicks broody and chicks fighting mama and babies mama chicken
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  17. ColeTrain425

    Rooster fighting

    I need suggestions and help on what I need to do or not do I raise silkies I wanted to add another roo to my flock of 8 young 2 month old hens and 4 grown hens and silkie rooster. He didn’t like that very much and when he first notice the new Cochin bantam roo he initiated a fight The were...
  18. HeritageFan

    Best breeding set up for heritage turkeys?

    I have had ducks for about 6 years, and am almost to the 1 year mark w my turkeys. No other birds or fowls before we got our first ducks. So. I consider myself a relative newbie.... although I have learned a ton! I have recently separated breeding pairs of turkeys (they decided spring had...
    • HeritageFan
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    • bachelors breeding fighting hens housing pens set up turkey turkeys
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Turkeys
  19. Savagetiny

    Help! Please! Pecking order situation.

    Hello! This is long, I’m sorry, but I need help! The picture is of my babies, this post is about the adults. I’m having issues with my roosters. Before now, everyone got along, everyone knew the pecking order and was great. My littlest rooster (ayam cemani) was alpha, he was an adult when I...
  20. JimBobBillyBoy

    Chickens acting aggressive, bickering, pecking lately...

    Hi folks, Over the last week and a half or so, I have witnessed new behavior from our hens. We've had our hens for nearly 2 years now, and I have never seen them act like this before. For whatever reason, they have been being mean and kind of aggressive towards each other lately. I noticed a...
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