mounting hens

  1. sawilliams

    Flock dominance question?

    Long story short I have 10 hens the top 3 will occasionally month the others in a display of dominance. I have had them offer 2 years never had a rooster. I do now have a cockerel "Roosty" (in question different story) that is about 20w he had been with the flock for about 10 weeks and then 7...
  2. SweetE

    Being hen pecked!

    my girl is just laying down letting them peck her! Why doesn't she get tough and fight back?! I don't know why she's at the bottom but she's been bald for months now. What should I do? I want her to be pretty again and left alone. Otherwise she's healthy and a good layer. Any ideas why her skins...
    • SweetE
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    • help needed hen health hen pecked scabs and fresh wounds mounting hens pecking order
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  3. dehowery

    Is this a hen?

    Do hens mount each other ? We have a( hen???) that has started to mount the other 5 chickens, when I see it I get after her then she starts crowing... is this really a rooster ? And now he is mature and starting to do what all roosters do.
  4. M

    Confused Buff

    I have an almost two year old Buff Orpington. Lately she has been acting really mean to the other chickens and stopped laying eggs. Today I watched her actually mount another hen. I thought this hen was just molting, but it looks like her feathers are actually being pulled out by my Buff...
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