pecking order

  1. puckpuck8

    Why does the flock start to pick on one chicken? Lowest chicken in the pecking order.

    How to protect your lowest hen on the pecking order from older hens? I noticed the older hens are territorial in their roosting and feeding, protecting their stuff from the addition of new hens to the flock. I had four original flock barred rock hens, now just two, have two middle barred rock...
  2. JPchicken

    3 week chicks, tail pecking

    Hello all! This is my first time owning chickens, and my first time posting. I have 8 3-week chicks, and we're getting into some issues with the EE. S/he has been pecking the feathers of the others, so much that my poor Delaware can't seem to grow her tail. I'm worried about her tail as it is...
  3. K

    Help with re-integration for rescues.

    Hi, I’m looking for some advice on reintegrating some rescue hens and my not-exactly healthy Cockerel Sammy (he will be 1 year in November). Background info: since December I have been treating, abducting, and rehousing the chickens on the farm I live on. Their conditions are not good, with...
  4. Dstu

    Loner Hen

    We have a hen that is at the bottom of the pecking order out of a flock of 5 hens. She often hangs out with me instead of the flock when I'm outside. Lately she has started roosting up in a tree instead of in the coop, should I be concerned? She is about 8 ft off the ground and hard to see, i...
  5. Thechickentrainer1999

    Rooster not at the top of pecking order?

    Is there any cases of full grown roosters and hens where the rooster is not at the top of the pecking order (in other words being pecked on by the hens)?
  6. amandyrae

    Bullying vs Pecking Order (introducing new birds)

    I have two 5 year old hens, and I recently got two 4 month old pullets to add to my flock. It has been 2 weeks and the old hens peck the pullets aggressively anytime they see them. No severe injuries yet, but they’re pulling plenty of feathers and the pullets hide in fear anytime they’re all...
  7. Cyber

    Odd Place In The Pecking Order

    I have a chicken named Loongu (fluffy black Silkie in my profile picture), and she's pretty weird. One of her oddest quirks is how she's treated by other chickens. She absolutely never gets into dominance fights, but she gets out of the way of higher ranked chickens, and no chicken ever even...
  8. H

    Help! Integrating 7 week old chicks/new hen

    So long story short, I had a nice flock of 5 hens. 3 Buffs and 2 cinnamon queens (sex link). My girls are about 2 years old. My partner and I split up and couldn't agree on who got the chickens so we split them. I took my favorite Buff and Queen. The Queen was attacked by a dog when she was...
    • holystuff
    • Thread
    • chick aggression chicken 8 weeks chicks flock behavior flock integration flock managment hen agression peck order fighting pecking order separating from flock
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  9. 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...
  10. nsingh4787

    Pecking order / chicken picking

    Hello all! I live in the city where we are allowed two backyard chickens. I had two since they were born, who loved each other dearly. One of them was killed and I set out to find a replacement companion as she was quite distraught. From here on out I’ll refer to my remaining bird as Sweetie...
  11. C

    Re-introducing an injured hen

    One of our barred rocks injured her foot. We separated her so she could heal because the other chickens were beating up on her. She is all healed now and we are trying to introduce her back to the flock. we left them free range in the backyard one day and when we came back her come was all...
  12. B

    INTROUCING NEW HENS

    Hi all. New Member here in Lincolnshire, UK. I've kept bantam hens, mostly for the grandchildren, but also for the calm they bring (usually!) for 5 years. Just half a dozen or so, depending on hatch and despatch issues. We just lost all of our hens but one to a neighbour's dog. :hit So -...
  13. BuffOrps32

    The Secret to the Pecking Order

    **Please Note, this is in my experience, so possibly wrong** *Put in the names as a wolf pack* Alpha: Often a rooster and another hen. In some cases it can be, a rooster and rooster or hen and hen. These chickens eat first and protect the flock. They have first pick of the roost bar, as seen in...
  14. G

    Roosting issues

    Even though there was lots of room on the perches, my chickens refused to share them. Often there would be one chicken on the top roost, three on the bottom, and the rest of the hens would try sleeping outside. It was very frustrating moving them into the coop each night. So, I downsized my...
  15. Khalpers

    Should I adopt this bantam?

    Hi! I'm looking for advice today. Last Thursday, a chicken was running amuck downtown in Nashville, where I work. I live in a more residential part of the city, and I have a small backyard flock of five. Animal Control caught the chicken after lots of drama (including her flying a half block...
    • Khalpers
    • Thread
    • adoption chicken behavior flock integration integration mixed flock old english game bantam pecking order
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  16. NorthernChick1

    Opinions Needed!! How to add 3hens to my flock of 11 during winter in a small coop!!!

    Hi everyone! So heres my situation, i currently have 8 chickens, 1 silky bantam roo, and 2 ducks. My coop can manage and house my flock perfectly, its about 10'x9'. My boyfriend came home tonight telling me a man he knows wants us to take in 3 of his hens this friday. He started with 7 last...
    • NorthernChick1
    • Thread
    • addind to your flock confinement help asap merging new chickens with existing flock pecking order
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  17. kturnquist

    New Chicken Pecking Order

    I hope this is the right category for this. So my husband and I lost one of our chickens this week and bought a replacement. After doing some research, I discovered that new chickens are best introduced in pairs so that the bullying can be spread between the two and they'll have a buddy in the...
  18. malagabara

    Could new pullets become a solution for isolated/bullied hen?

    One of my Barnevelder hens got attacked by a hawk last winter and survived, she was isolated from the flock for about a month while she recovered from her wounds - which were pretty severe. Before the attack, she was at the bottom of the pecking order but they all got along (ate together...
  19. K

    Boys are starting to be boys! What to do with these cockerels?

    Ok, so I may have gotten a little burned on a “chicken deal” for Sapphires. I told the breeder we have a farm, and think that equated “they can take a bunch of cockerels”. My “blue laying” group of 10 chicken has 7 cockerels (not going to be seeing many eggs from them, eh?) They were “about 5...
  20. A

    Pecking Order Questions

    I've had 3 normally laying rhode island red hens, and i just added 2 barred rocks and 1 buff orphington. Obviously, they started pecking each other, mainly the rhode island reds (Hot Sauce, Princess Carolyn, and Lady Peckinpaw) were the ones doing the pecking. So when are they going to finish...
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