pecking me

One of my girls, an Australorp (who is vastly different from her sweet sister!), has never been a huge fan of people and can get a little testy with the other girls. Recently, whenever she sees me or hears my voice, she will emit a shrill growl and puff up. She'll stalk around the run making...

In the past month or two, my chickens have been really pecky. They don’t seem really aggressive but they keep pecking my muck boots and legs and it hurts! My largest hen whose the top of the pecking order has also started acting strange when I hold her and almost comes at me like she wants to...

Why is this happening?!? The baby of my flock, who has just come into lay about a month ago has started attacking me and drawing blood. She's always been a mama's girl and hand raised since a day old. Lately, she's been sneaking up on me and pecking me mercilessly, to the point of drawing blood...