flock behavior

  1. AlexMalfoy

    Rooster Pecking/Injuring Hens

    My flock consists of a white silkie roo, a barred rock hen, a black star hen, and a bearded d'uccle hen (mille fleur). Recently, I have had issues with my silkie picking on my hens, mostly my barred rock and my bearded d'uccle. I believe he has even drew blood on the barred rock. They are all a...
    • AlexMalfoy
    • Thread
    • agressive rooster behavior issues behaviour flock behavior hens being picked on injured hen rooster aggression silkie rooster aggressive
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  2. ChickenLadyLaura

    Rooster question

    Hi everyone! We have 13 hens of various breeds at our house and a Silkie rooster. We thought we had a BCM hen but turns out he's a rooster. Would these 2 roosters be ok together or is it best to just sell one?
  3. Denverhomestead

    Integrating a single pullet into flock

    Hi everyone! I've had chickens for about 5 years, currently have two 5year old RIRs. One of them is a bit of a bully. I purchased 3 chicks this summer, but 2 died, sadly, of different causes, we think. (I dropped the 2nd one off for necropsy). So now, i have 1 lone aericauna pullet left...
    • Denverhomestead
    • Thread
    • bully bully hen flock behavior flock integration flock management isolation necropsy pullet pullet death single chicken
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. Chickenlovercr

    Switching to growth food for the new chicken? Help!

    Hello! I have an ISA Brown rooster, an old chicken and 3 new ones that are 17 wks old so I'm giving the flock growth food but the new ones are getting bigger and bigger. The owner of a wildlife rescue center where I'm a volunteer gave me an amberlink pullet, or I think this is the type, I have...
    • Chickenlovercr
    • Thread
    • chicken food eggs laying feed flock behavior flock health flock integration introducing new chickens small chicken
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. S

    Hen Bullying!?!?

    so recently one of our smallest hens in our flock of nine hens begain to hide in the roost and poof up when we opened up the pen to collect eggs that the others left. We soon had to force her out because we never saw her leave her spot and we began to worry she would starve herself. She ate some...
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