pecking order

  1. Chxlove

    5 week old chicks fight when they see me

    My 2 olive eggers who are siblings are 5 weeks old, my barred rock (likely a roo) is just under that, and 2 buff Orpingtons are 4 weeks. The olive eggers have always been the biggest due to their age, but now they are significantly bigger than the others. It seems like every time they see me...
  2. cvlcite

    Bullying?

    Hi everyone I’m a little concerned. Im a new chicken owner so I’m not so sure yet what’s considered normal pecking order drama or actual bullying but here’s what’s happening. One of my chickens has been picking on the other, but none of them are new to each other at this point, it just happened...
  3. Yabadabadoo

    Flock integration (x2, #9 are 10-12 weeks and #8 are 7-8 weeks)

    Hello! We have chicks (we had a mature flock, but all have passed), and this is my first experience raising chicks and integrating flocks. In part because we didn’t know what we didn’t know, we ended up with a 3-5 week age difference between our two groupings, then due to space constraints, we...
  4. Jazzc

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    • bantam bantam hen pecking order pekin pekin bantam standard chickens standard rooster
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  5. 4loveofhens

    Pecking Order

    Hi hope everyone is well. I am writing to ask for ides and or suggestions. I have one Leg Horn who is very old and a rescue from battery cages. I also have 3 Isa Browns who are rescues from free range (In large Shed) farm. Then I have 2 Australorps which I grew up from day old chicks. The...
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    • australorp bully behavior chicken help isa brown leg horn pecking order rescue separate
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  6. amynw

    New adopted chicken

    Hello everyone. I seem to always have my hands full with caring/fostering animals. This time, I've adopted one. She was a victim of a coop attack and her sisters were all killed, she only made it by somehow getting out in the midst of the chaos and she was on their porch when they arrived home...
    • amynw
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    • chicken coop fighting chickens hen hen aggression introducing new hens quarantine pecking order new addition new additions to flock pecking pecking order
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  7. E

    Sudden aggression?

    I have four chickens living like queens in a big shed (their outdoor area isn’t ready yet). They have multiple waterers and feeders and normally seem to be happy, besides some pecking from our top girl Gwen who’s a few years older than the other three. The order was Gwen, Chichi, Inari, &...
  8. sophie90

    Has my bullied hen become the bully?

    I’ll try to keep this as short as possible so not to waffle, but don’t want to miss out any details! I had a young hen, Rihanna, being badly picked and pecked by one other hen, Barbara, (and sometimes her accomplice) in the summer. Rihanna’s poor tail feathers were almost non-existent and as...
  9. A

    Chicken not friendly to new chickens

    Hi, We’ve had chickens for almost 2 yrs now. Throughout that time, we’ve lost a few and were left with one, who happened to be the “leader” of the flock. The day she lost her sister we immediately went and picked up 3 new ones of the same or similar age to keep her company. The 3 new ones are...
  10. J

    VERY Dominant Hen

    I have a super dominant hen. I have no doubt that if both my roosters died, that this hen Jolene would transform into a rooster to take their place. I raised my flock from chicks- ending up with 12 hens and two roosters. Orpingtons- 3 color variations. Being a new chicken mom, I have found the...
  11. cucco_luvr

    Is my golden bovan a cockerel?

    Disclaimer, I’m new to the site so please correct me if I mess something up! It’s not important that we know it’s gender, I’m just super curious and find it exciting to figure it out. A while ago I picked up two Golden Bovans from Wilco, both are now almost 9 weeks old. Even though I’ve never...
  12. TxChickenGeek

    How to help a chicken in quarantine rejoin flock

    Hello. This is my first post on Backyard Chickens. I am hoping someone has some advice for me. I have a chicken being treated for bumblefoot. She has to be separated from the rest of the flock to keep her on a different bedding to try to keep the wound cleaner as it heals. I have her in a...
  13. L

    Reintroduction/Pecking Order

    My hen sprained her leg two weeks ago and recovered great. I’ve made a fenced area outside our run where the girls (3 total) can all see each other to prepare for reintroductions. Last week I let her “friend” out with her, who immediately attacked her. I also feel she wasn’t ready. After a...
  14. L

    Hen pulling rooster’s feathers and eating!!!

    Hi all! Background: 3 chickens: one partridge Cochin hen (top of pecking order), a dark Brahma hen (probably bottom of order) and a handicapped dark Brahma rooster. They are going through their first molt (about a year and two months old, southeaster Wisconsin) with the rooster looking the...
  15. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Bullied Hen Won't Roost or Lay

    Hello, Over our first year and a half of chicken-keeping, we've had several illnesses/injuries that ended up splitting our flock due to re-integration issues. We had 5 girls in our large coop/run and then 2 hens who had healed from long-term issues in a smaller coop/run alongside the main one...
  16. 5

    How to seperate young brooder pair?

    Hi everyone! :frow I currently have 4 RIR hens named Carole, Pinky, Minnie and Big Betty who are all healthy ladies just over a year old and 3 younger Lavender Orps new to the flock as of this year: one a 5 month old roo named Teddybudz a.k.a. "Trouble" and the other 2 are brooder pair named...
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    • adding chickens to flock brooder pair coop additions flock additions lavender orpington lavender orpingtons pair pecking order rhode island red seperating broods
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  17. F

    Young Rooster needs help.

    Our big bird is a 6 month old Buff and just this week had His tail feathers pecked out! Old Red hen is to blame, 4 year old Rhode Island. She had always been food oriented but today when feeding her meal worms thought she was going to break my skin open. So back to Big Bird....he suffers from...
  18. KerriChick

    Pecking Order and Roosting Issues

    My 4 girls (18 weeks mixed flock, RIR, Buff Brahma, Buff Orpington, Cuckoo Marans) have been slowly working out their pecking order in our suburban back yard. They all seem to get along fine during the day-while they are out and about, there is no feather picking or major fighting behavior minus...
  19. henfriend1998

    HEN RECOVERING FROM BUMBLEFOOT BEING BULLIED BY HER SISTERS AFTER SEPARATING AND REINTRODUCING. HELP PLEASE!

    my meek little Agnes (a seven month old silver laced wyandotte hen) has had a persistent case of bumblefoot and a limp for a while. she was separated (still in the coop, just in a hutch with straw and water, they could see her the entire time) to heal and rest. unfortunately, now that shes being...
  20. TK421

    Will a broody hen reclaim her place in the pecking order after she’s finished raising chicks?

    About 8 weeks ago, we had a broody hen adopt a bunch of littles. She was at the top of the pecking order and my buff Orpington was at the bottom. I’ve noticed that for the past few weeks, she’s given them less and less attention, which according to everything I’ve read, is normal. Today I...
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