pecking order

  1. lamorris

    Introduced 2 new hens - how long will pecking last?

    I have 2 hens (silver laced wyandottes) about 6 months old, and introduced two similar aged hens just this past Monday (about 3 days ago now). I put them in the coop at night and they all seemed okay the next day, but today I've noticed my original 2 are definitely pecking the new ones when...
  2. Cleopatra Opal

    Picked on hen won't roost, and winter is almost here

    My 8 month old RIR is the lowest in the pecking order. I had four girls, all raised together, but just lost one to an unknown eggbound problem :( My heart is still healing from that and now my RIR has decided to go from sleeping on the roost area floor to sleeping in a nesting box. I cannot get...
  3. S

    Nervous for arrival for my first chicks ever! Help!

    I have 2 silkie chicks from ideal poultry arriving friday. I have a brooder set up in a 5SqFt cardboard box lined with paper towels. I have a chick feeder with medicated starter feed and a waterer that they wont be able to fall into, and a heat 50w heat lamp. Here are my questions: -when should...
    • SiriSchantz
    • Thread
    • bedding brooder chicks emergency supplies i don’t know what i’m doing pecking order roost height silkies vaccination
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. K

    Second hen falls to fourth rank

    I have four hens. I introduced two about four months ago and it went smoothly. Between 2-4 weeks ago the two youngest started laying. The second one in the pecking order is now lowest. She isn’t coming out of the coop. The other three hens are being so nasty to her. It is like they never met...
  5. Audrey Watson

    Hen getting picked on by other hens

    I have 8 hens. One of them is always getting picked on by everyone else. Every time I try to put her back in with them her neck is pecked so much it bleeds. I’m now keeping her in a separate area with one of the younger hens that was just introduced. She is let out to free range with everyone...
  6. MrSpace

    Brown/Yellow Muscous in Eye Ended Up Being a Puncture

    This is our first flock and Pecking Order just took on a whole new meaning. One of our Barred Rocks we had taken to calling "Loner" because she was rarely with the others. On Friday, she disappeared completely for hours when the flock was out in the yard and we assumed the worst, but luckily...
  7. C

    Can 6-8 weeks old chickens have a pecking order?

    Title pretty much says it all. I have 10 6-8 weeks old chickens in a group. I was wondering if they can have a pecking order.
  8. MaggieH031

    Chickens wont roost with one of the flock

    Hello all! I'm new to the site and decided to join to get some input from all of you that know much more than I do! So tonight was the second time this happened. When I got home from work, I saw all of my chickens roosting on their outdoor roost, all settled in. When I looked in my coop, my one...
  9. T

    Polish Bantam in trouble

    hello! I have a polish bantam at the bottom of the pecking order and all the other girls (12 in all) have pulled her feathers from the top of her head in the last few months. I have her isolated in her own hutch but I let her out while I work in the run for about an hour. I am wanting some input...
  10. VTBobCat

    Help for a Bullied Rooster

    I recently added 2 roosters to my existing flock of 16 full-sized hens. The girls are 23 weeks old. One of the roosters (Buddy, a bantam cochin) is about 1 year old. The other (Red, a young NH red) is about 3 months. I'm adding their names in here just to make it easier to follow. I typically...
  11. L

    Giving up chicken for its aggression..

    My teacher and I have been getting attacked by what used to be the sweetest chicken in the flock. She’s thinking about getting rid of her because she doesn’t like being attacked and doesnt want the new classes getting attacked trying to get their grade. Before summers over i’m sure she’ll be...
  12. VTBobCat

    Introducing a bantam rooster to full size hens

    I recently picked up a pair of roosters who were raised together - a blue cochin bantam and a NH red. I currently have a flock of 16 full sized hens that are 5 months old. The red is about 2 months younger than my hens, but is basically the same size. The cochin is 1 year old and obviously much...
  13. Wilmer Gehman

    How do you cure bad sores on a chicken's back?

    I have a Barred Rock hen who is basically at the bottom of the pecking order. She constantly gets pecked by a number of my other hens. They seem to peck at two certain spots (probably from blood all ready there). The sores are red and swelled and are where her wings connect to her body. They are...
  14. D

    Dominant hen turned vicious--need advice on how to proceed.

    I will pose my question first, since the back story is a long one: What should I do with my suddenly turned vicious dominant hen? Our rooster has also turned nasty--although that has been a longer, slower process. I am tempted to slaughter them both, but am reluctant to do so. The rooster is...
  15. G

    rooster attacking chicks,and their father caretaker

    Im Having an issue with a rooster, i have to admit he was froma farmer who bread fighting cocks and when i got him he was blind in one eye, eventually one of my mother hens died, and when i went to recover the chicks she left, they had already settled with the fighting cock, he basically was the...
  16. ChickLOVESChicks

    Is this normal?? Too aggressive or just Top Pullet?

    My 12-16 week old EE pullet (well, at least I'm 80% sure it's a pullet, lol) has always been the one in charge and is bigger than her sister of the same age... but more and more recently she's becoming more aggressive. I'm wondering if this is normal for the "Top Girl" in the pecking order, or...
  17. S

    Chick got scalped (GRAPHIC PICS)

    Hello, I bought 8 more chicks to add to my flock of 4. When the chicks grew to pullets, I introduced them to my older chickens. I thought everything was going well, maybe one or two pecks at each other, but nothing bad at all. Yesterday, when I got home from school, I found one of the pullets...
  18. Christina.Rich

    Do your Silkies get picked on?

    Hi everyone. I have 15 chickens, 5 of them being 7 week old Partridge Silkie chicks. I slowly integrated them with the rest of my flock (which consists of a few Buff Orphington Hens, Rhode Island Reds, and a couple Cochins over the past 3 weeks. The last week-ish they have been in the same...
  19. Michael Propst

    Pecking Order and Integration Question

    I am wanting some feed back on pecking order behavior. I have 6 hens that are 14 1/2 months old and and also have 5 that are 7 1/2 weeks old. I moved the new chicks out of the garage 2 weeks ago and into a temporary coop set up next to my main coop this allows the 2 groups to easily see each...
  20. chicksonline

    Quail trouble!

    Hello, we have hatched some quails and are about 5/6 weeks old! We introduced them into the adult batch and straight away the male got scaled and killed I was warned this was going to happen but I went down today and realised all the other newbies were really scruffy so I picked them up and...
    • chicksonline
    • Thread
    • blood hatching help holes injuries introducing pecking order quials wound
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
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