pecking order?

  1. DancesWithRoosters

    Non. Stop. Peeping.

    We have a new chick, and no matter what, he cries!! To the point the rest of his flock has started to avoid him. He has ample food, entertainment, friends, a hatch mate, everything. He eats, drinks and sleeps normally. He isn't sick and has no signs of any stress/discomfort/respiratory...
  2. LadyCogburn

    Bully now gets Bullied

    ADVICE NEEDED!! I have 4 TS silkies. One was relentlessly bulling another (like, drawing blood) I put peepers on her several months ago and they have worked wonderfully. She managed to get them off yesterday and now the chicken that she WAS bullying will not let her leave the coop. She chases...
  3. Erkaderka

    My rooster keeps attacking one hen and I don't know what to do...

    I currently have 9 birds total, two Delaware hens, three Jersey Giant hens, three easter eggers pullets and my easter egger rooster. Recently the rooster has been attacking one of the Delawares. At first I thought he was just young and overly enthusiastic to mate because even my jersey hens...
  4. lefttowrite

    Hen isolating + closing one eye

    Hi! I'm a new chicken keeper (6 Australorp hens, 12 weeks old at time of posting). One of my girls has been acting strangely for the last few weeks, off and on. Sometimes, she integrates with the rest of the flock, behaves normally, looks happy/curious, etc. Other times, she sets herself...
  5. A

    Chick being bullied??

    Hi! Any idea on what could be going on with my 5 week old EE? The other 5 look fine. This one’s neck looks scabby and is missing feathers. No signs of illness. No bleeding, even though it looks scabby. We check them over every single night and this is a new development that I noticed today...
  6. The chicken nurd

    Feather picking?

    I’m not sure if this is just my hens picking at each other or if it’s something more what do you guys think Also I just noticed it in the last couple weeks except on the hen in the last picture who has been missing some feathers since I got her a few months ago
  7. Chicken_Mammy

    Cockerel lowest in pecking order?

    I just reintroduced my young cockerel to his old pullet playmates since he’s feathered out enough to join them. However, I noticed one of the pullets seems to bully him. If he walks by, she will chase, peck, and try to pull feathers! Will this pass? The other pullets don’t bother him. They’ve...
  8. C

    Two of my hens have started crowing *face palm*

    Alrighty here I am again asking for help. Back in April I got some chicks to add to my flock. Anyway got sex linked birds so I wouldn’t have This issue. the one with more orange on her neck has been suspected to be a rooster (mounting, biting us but that stopped after and was also during an...
    • Char93
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    • barrad plymouth rock canada chicken crowing hen crowing hens hen okanagan pecking order pecking order? rooster
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    • Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
  9. floral_chickadee

    Bully chick or pecking order?

    So out of my six chicks I have one (an Olive Egger) that likes to peck at the other chicks eyes and toes, and sometimes beaks. It doesn’t seem to be causing any injuries or anything, and luckily it doesn’t happen too occasionally... but I still find it concerning. The other chicks don’t stay...
  10. Scareab

    How to Train a Chicken!

    Hello! I’ve hand raised 2 chickens so far; a salmon Flaverolle and a blue laced red wyandotte. The Flaverolle has an amazing temperament, lays good eggs and overall great chicken. Then we got my wyandotte... She’s been pecking at us and has even attacked a family member! I’m not sure what to do...
  11. Scareab

    Pecking order?? Sad chicken??

    *I first want to add a disclaimer. I do not condone chicken fighting of any sort. I love my chickens as pets and would never intentionally put them in harms way.* So today I took out my chickens to wonder outside in my front yard. I stood there watching and went inside to get some treats. My...
  12. C

    Very, very low pecking order broody juvenile to be reintroduced back into flock

    The situation is that I had a very small, clearly lowest of the pecking order bantam when I first arrived at the farm. She was only 6-7 weeks old so I said, “Hey, I’ll keep her in my bathroom no problem with another small bantam” (we were having major possum and raccoon troubles and lost half...
  13. Taprootgarden

    Changing of the guard

    We've had a Mottled Java rooster for 3 years, in a flock of 30 chickens. Last winter, in the group of 4 Blue Copper Maran chicks we raised, one was a rooster. Now two roosters in a flock of around 40, the older one was clearly and forcefully in charge - until about two weeks ago. Now he...
  14. NubbyRyuu

    Pecking Order or Out for Blood?

    Hello everyone! To make a very long story (post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/taking-care-of-swirls-the-wry-neck-silkie.1298333/ ) short, I've adopted my neighbor's Silkie Chick, who somehow became afflicted with Wry Neck. Her name is Swirls (named for the fact she will spin/run in...
    • NubbyRyuu
    • Thread
    • aggresion ayam camani behavior behavior change behavior issues bullied chick chicken behavior pecking order? silkie wry neck caused by injury
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  15. Quailberries

    Early pecking order establishment?

    I have 2 pullets right now who are about 4 1/2 weeks of age. They've been jumping at each other and flapping their wings for quite a while, and I've read that this is normal. We also have 2 pullets at about 2 1/2 weeks that are in a combined brooder with them. Everything has gone relatively...
  16. L

    So new , but very excited

    Hey folks , glad to be on this site. My wife and I are new to this. We have or should I say had 8 Aussie from 2 different batches . We thought they were all pullers but it looks like a rooster snuck in .... they are in a brooder together with proper food and water. We only left alive and this...
  17. Bettyboop7499

    Pecking Order with Bantams...

    Does anyone have issues with raising bantams with bigger chickens when the pecking order is being established? Well, it appears the pecking order has began! I'm worried about my two little Silver OEGBs, one has a BR hen that protects her to some extent. The other one not so much. The second...
  18. GottaHatchAPlan

    Is my new chicken sick or just a wuss?

    I got a new chook a few days ago and I'm not sure what to make of her behaviour. We got our new Orpington, Chestnut, as a friend to our lone Australorp, Peggy. I know we're supposed to quarantine any new chickens but we quickly learnt that Chestnut, farm-raised girl that she is, came with both...
  19. A

    Duck pecking order ??

    Hi i was just wondering at what age ducks begin to establish a pecking order I have 3 duckling (all around 10 weeks) the one muscovy has started to become aggresive towards the smallest mallard we have. - started to latch onto its wing and not let go. Pulling out feathers and all. I was...
    • Ally-
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    • aggresive beginner duck pecking order?
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Ducks
  20. MageofMist

    Roosters Crow When Dad is Around?

    I have noticed something rather odd about my roosters, they don't crow when I work around them such as cleaning and are quiet, but when my dad is in the room, all of the sudden they will start crowing and won't stop until a few minutes after he leaves the room or if I hold them for a while to...
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