pecking order

I have 3 black star 1 year old chickens and 2 younger pullets that are about 18 weeks old. One is an Easter Egger and one is a Wyandotte. I have been trying to get the pullets into the run/coop with the older hens for about a month, and it is just not happening. I have had the pullets in a...

i have 5 hens. The best layer is the dominant one and crows every morning to assert her dominance. To try and stop her crowing I am introducing a new hen from a breeder who has picked his most dominant girl. My question is: (after the quarantine period) do I put the dominant girl and new girl...

I purchased 7 approx 4 month old birds together, one was injured so I needed to separate this bird and give meds. for approx. 6 weeks. Now the flock seems very aggressive towards her when I have them all in a confined area and I am afraid to leave the bird with them unattended. The Guinea...

My White Leghorn has been bleeding by chickens pecking her any suggestions on how to stop that thanks.

Hi there! I have had my 6 hens for almost 3 months and they had all been getting along well. I put in a heat lamp a week ago as it's getting cold and their water was freezing. I noticed some blood in the coop the next day and one girl had some blood on her comb. I figured they had just pecked...

Hi Friends! We’ve had our original three chickens since they hatched in April. All came from the same hatch, but are a “barnyard mix” — “Pecker” (named by my three-year-old! ) resembles a Columbian Wyandotte (or maybe a Brahma but without feathered feet), “Pepper” resembles a Black Australorp...

i have two brown hens. They were best friends when I got them just in April. Then one got attacked by the neighbor’s dog and had to live inside the house to recover and heal. When I tried to reintroduce them they are going against each other with a force and visciousness that I would’ve never...

Hello everyone!! My family and I are raising 6 hens and recently one of them has started to establish pecking order behavior and establishing dominance to the other hens. And with talked with our local nursery and they told us not to worry and said that its normal. While we believe it is; we...

Long story short I have 10 hens the top 3 will occasionally month the others in a display of dominance. I have had them offer 2 years never had a rooster. I do now have a cockerel "Roosty" (in question different story) that is about 20w he had been with the flock for about 10 weeks and then 7...

EDIT: Thank you for your responses! We are going to hold off on getting any chicks and allow the chicken's feathers to grow back before we introduce her to our flock. This was very helpful! Hello! So I have taken in my brother's Araucana chicken because she was the bottom of the pecking order...

Hi! I'm not technically new to the community, but this is my first post so I hope I do this right haha! I've raised chickens since I was young but was forced to stop due to health issues in the family, but now I've gotten a chance to start up my flock again and Ive got chicken fever all over...

my girl is just laying down letting them peck her! Why doesn't she get tough and fight back?! I don't know why she's at the bottom but she's been bald for months now. What should I do? I want her to be pretty again and left alone. Otherwise she's healthy and a good layer. Any ideas why her skins...

Hi! I just recently acquired a Leghorn from a friend of mine. I have an existing flock of 2 ISA Browns (5 months) and an oversize Polish bantam and an undersized white unknown rooster. I've kept the Leghorn and my flock separate for 4 days now, but they have access to each other and are only...

Hi all, Long post warning! I have 10 hens and two roosters. Also a breeding pair of Embden geese. It is coming into breeding season, everyone gets along pretty well and my pecking order is sorted nicely. Each of my birds serves an important purpose on my property. My chickens for eggs obviously...

I have 2 ducks and 2 chickens and they share a coop just fine, but in the daytime when i let them roam the ducks get territorial and bossy and sometimes peck the chickens....theyve even intimidated my poor kitty at times >:( Im also having a bit of a hard time getting them to bond with ME, they...

I got my first ever chickens over a month ago. Our town's bylaw only allows us 3 hens so we have one White Orpington (1 year old) one Buff Orpington (3 months old) and one Silver Laced Wyandotte (3 months old). The problem is that our WO is often pecking our SLW and plucks out her feathers in...

My Buff O., Flo, is an internal layer. She will be euthanized tomorrow. My question is: should I show the other 5 chickens her dead body before I bury her? I just thought it might help them adjust quicker.

Hello! Has anyone ever encountered their female ducks going through establishing a pecking order? I have 18 ducks total. I rank them in three " generations" based on age and the ones I have had the longest. 1st generation: 2 ducks, Blackie & Brownie, Cayuga & Brown Indian runner <6 old ( salt...

So my Buff Orpington hen who is 4 months old is acting very aggressive towards me! Every time I go in the coop she follows me around and pecks me super hard. Last two times these pecks caused me to bleed. I've tried pushing her away and she just runs right back at me. I matter how many times I...

Hi there it's been a long time! I've had my current chickens for 3 years now but unfortunately one of my hens died last week. I am now left with just 2 chickens and literally just built a brand new coup for my hens the other week (typical!) I'm now looking to add 2 new chickens to my old ones...