fighting

I just went down to my normally harmonious flock of 5 hens, one of them was servely being attacked by another and was bleeding from her comb. I placed her in a cage and put her in the coop, however the bullying hen followed us in and started again, I have since completely separated the injured...

I have three Silkie chicks, one is about 8 weeks old and the others are 6 weeks. Recently I've noticed that in the mornings, the two little ones like to play with each other. They face off, aim a few half hearted pecks at each other, then they bump chests and kick at each other. They do it for a...

I have 5 chickens, 2 Buff Cochins and 3 Dominiques. No rooster. They're about 15 months old. They've gotten along just fine in their coop for a year, but now, one of the Cochins is tormenting the other Cochin. When they're fighting, sometimes one of the Dominiques tries to break it up, but...

I have 12 Bob White Quail and they are just 11 weeks old. Yesterday I picked up 6 Coturnix hens that are already laying and tried to put them in with the young Bob Whites. Vicious fighting started in seconds with the Bob Whites attacking the older Coturnix. I have separated them now and placed...

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...

Hello everyone, I am new to raising button quail and currently have 4 of them together, they have all grown up together and been together for more than a month and just now I am seeing that two of them have dried up blood and were bleeding on the head/neck and have some feathers missing on...

Hi, My family and I decided to try our hands at having a bakcyard flock. 4 silver laced wyandottes and 4 gold laced wyandottes. A month ago the flock turned on one of the gold's because of a vision issue. So i have her seperated and protected and she is doing well. But now I have two broody...