pecking at bedtime

  1. bacibeau

    3yo Sisters Fighting in Coop

    Hello everyone! I have had my four chickens for the past three years and they have all gotten along fine with no fights or anything. Recently, I noticed that two of the four have been sleeping inside of the nesting boxes instead of on the roost. When I went to push them out of the boxes and...
  2. K

    Help! Boys or girls??

    Hey! Sorry if I'm long winded but I really need some help! I'm new to the chicken life and so far loving it, but I need a little advice. I have 4 birds that were born the first week of April so aprox 12 weeks old and I think 2 of the may be male. The 4 were getting along great until 3 days ago I...
  3. chickenmama5

    Odd Chicken Out

    I have six chickens and five of them have decided they don't like one. She is the least aggressive so that makes her an easy target. She has stopped sleeping in the coop at night and is instead sleeping outside. Last night I put her in after everyone was in for the night but I don't if that...
  4. N

    My hen has been plucking her feathers out like crazy! And it's gotten bad... please help.

    I live in Wisconsin. This past June when the weather got warm, this girl started loosing the feathers above her tail and around her neck. I attributed it to my rooster (no longer in the picture), so I got her a chicken saddle so she might heal. The chicken saddle made her lose the feathers...
  5. F

    Chickens Fighting

    Hi I have 4 hens and 2 roosters and they are 2.5 to 3 months old I keep them in a wooden cage inside my house so today all the two roosters were fighting and when I removed one rooster the other rooster started pecking hens so I wanted to know why they are doing this and what should I do I...
  6. DaMoot

    Bullying behavior at bedtime?

    Hi all! I was just witnessing some mean behavior from one of our girls towards her flock-mate tonight while they were getting ready for bed and I was wondering if this was normal pecking order stuff or a symptom of a bigger problem? This is a fairly newly built coop and I think they might...
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