pecking order issues

  1. Samanternat

    Non layer in nesting box and being picked on

    Hi all! Still trying to figure out what is going on in my flock, and with one hen in particular. Here is the breakdown… I have a flock of 4 (2 hatch-mate pairs that stick together) that have been living peacefully together for almost 9 months: 11 mo. Rooster - Winnie 11 mo. Hen, non laying -...
  2. F

    Drama in the Flock!

    I'm new to BYC and chicken keeping and came here for some advice. I currently have 8 hens around 9 months old. We have 2 RIRs, 2 Australorps, 2 Midnight Marans and 2 Barred Rocks. All raised together from chicks. All 8 hens have recently started laying in the middle of December and all have...
  3. kz_soupz19

    My hen been fighting with the new rooster

    I have 2 hens (Orpington & Ancona) I have them since they are chicks. Recently I got other 2 chickens since chicks which it turned out one of them is a rooster. Both pullet and cockerel now are 17 weeks old. We noticed that our Ancona puffs up like a rooster and at times tries to start fights...
  4. C

    Introducing pullets to a small flock

    So I have a small flock, if you can consider it a flock, it was 4 strong but I lost 2 over the past couple months, the two left are well established and healthy, I bought three pullets sometime ago and I’m trying to ease them into the main run and coop, they have a section that’s cornered off so...
    • Caleb341494
    • Thread
    • flock behavior hen and pullets hens pecking order issues pullets pullets and hens
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  5. R

    Why are all my usually sweet chicks suddenly being the meanest birds I’ve ever met?

    I have 9 chicks/hens (got them end of April as day olds) and 3 are laying so far 2 olive ethers and one copper maran. I also have 3 3year olds 3 4 year olds and 1 9 year old. All of my birds except for one of the 3 year olds know that my 9 year old is the boss. Although she doesn’t usually peck...
  6. H

    Pecking order or bullying ?

    Small backyard flock of 6 pullets (ages 16-13 weeks). 3 Orpingtons , 2 EEs , and 1 blue plymouth rock. Our newest EE was transitioned into the flock over the last week . Once she was let out of solitary confinement, out youngest orp and BPR immediately started targeting her, this went out...
  7. F

    Introducing 5 week old goslings to 4-5 week old ducklings

    Recently I’ve moved all 5 of my ducklings (ages ranging 4 weeks to 5 weeks) and I’ve had 2 goslings who are both 5 weeks old that I’ve wanted to introduce to the ducks When they were a few weeks younger they would constantly try to hang out with the ducks on their own but I wasn’t able to...
    • FlufMutt
    • Thread
    • duck duckling flock geese gosling pecking order issues
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Geese
  8. G

    Reintroducing new momma with chicks to the (hens only) flock

    Agnes, one of my four hens, went broody in mid-May. Rather than trying to break her out of it, I decided to let her try to hatch some (potentially) fertilized eggs I got from a friend. All the hens insisted on using the same nest box, climbing on top of Agnes to do so. In order to give Agnes...
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