pecking

We have just had our hens for around 4 months, 5 lohman browns that are all around 1 to 1,5 years old. But after just a couple of weeks of having them, we noticed one of our hens eating the feathers of the others, especially during dust bathing. This continued and occured more and more often. We...

I know there is probably hundreds of post similar to this but I’m still going to ask. Basically my smallest hen has a couple cuts on her back from what I believe to be other chickens pecking at her. How should I treat the cuts and how do I stop this from happening again?

So I put a silkie chick in the brooder this morning, and another one in this afternoon. The first silkie will non stop torment and peck the other one. We tried dividing the brooder into 2 but they’re getting through. I’m worried the one will peck the other to death. Help!!

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...

I have this hen, sweetest little thing, and we let her hatch her own eggs. They're hatching today and she's been pecking at the pipping hole of one egg. If we turn the egg upside-down so she can't see the hole she slides it under her like normal. There's already one dead baby that died while...

Hi, recently i noticed that one of my two 3 week old coturnix quails suddenly just started pecking the other quail who is a few days older than it, I let them out of their box for a hour or so to let them roam free but the younger quail chased the other trying to peck it. But sometimes they...

My hens have had no problems with feathers for awhile, but recently their feathers look like they're broken or ripped off. :hit Some feathers just aren’t there, and some are snapped half way in a V shape, and are very spiky. Is this mites? There are too many broken to be pecking.:( I’m very...

So I have 2 pekin, a rouin, and a rescue mallard. My male pekin had right below his eye pecked by one of the hens because my flock is all together. Chickens, ducks, and the turkey. They usually all get along fine but as everyone knows chickens have attitudes and ducks do too. His eye has...

This is my first time hatching eggs with a broody hen and I have run into an issue. The eggs started hatching today and as I was checking them I noticed the first chick had come out from under mom. I then saw that one of its wings had been totally pecked and only bone is remaining. I took the...

Hello! Currently trying to add a rooster, that i received from a friend that ended up with two, to my flock of hens. Thought they would be the bullies but its him! He was so nice to her girls and other rooster. My girls stay together in a corner and every time he even moves towards them they...

I got chicks from Coastal a few weeks ago. 2 Cuckoo Marans and 2 color packs. They have been in the same brooder together since purchase and are about 4.5- 5 weeks old. When I saw the Marans at Coastal there was one who kept pecking the neck of another chick. I didn’t think I ended up with that...

I keep finding tiny deer ticks on my chicken’s faces. It’s so upsetting. I have been drying out herbs and sprinkling them around, I have used essential oils, I have tried a natural spray.. I have sprayed around and in the coop. I have used diatomaceous earth. Their little faces are constantly...

We recently introduced our new chicks to our two older chickens. They would run around the yard and see each other, and now they are in the same coop and run. Since we put them together, nothing bad has happened, but the older chickens are very territorial about both feeders. But this morning...

I'm just going to lay it all out there, and I appreciate in advance any responses. There have been a number of issues with our flock that we have been dealing with for a few years now, but to no avail. In dealing with the issues, I think we're just putting "bandages" over the outcomes but not...

I have 7 week old chicks that grew up together since day 1 and all of a sudden are pecking each other aggressively. There’s five of them and the only change that has happened was that their mother has been returned to the folk. I want to say this is the pecking order but I have 2 baby chicks...

Hi, my broody bantam Nellie is usually such a gentle, patient and competent mother...she successfully raised a chick that wasn’t hers last spring. She showed broody signs again this spring so last weekend I got her a bantam chick and slipped it under her and she took right to it. Sadly a couple...

Hi! I just wanted to know if it’s normal that my 4 week old chicks peck at my hands when i hand feed them? And also if I can make them eat out of my hand more gently? Thank you so much!

Hi! I just joined, and this is my first question on BYC! So, I have α few chicks, I think 31. They are about 4 weeks old and whenever I go into their coop and lower myself α little , they peck at my legs and climb my legs. Some are very cuddly! But I’m scared to pet them since they might peck at...

Hello! Second post on here, from the last post I was concerned in how eggs laying would essentially go for older eggs, but now I have two cute chicks- Butters and Benji! but i also have the father- He’s seen the chicks but hasn’t pecked at them once! Yes he’s curious and the hen allows him to...

Hello I have 4 duckling, 2 I think are khaki Campbells and to which are about a week younger Rouen ducklings. I’m used to chickens. These are our first ducklings. The biggest KC admiral drake is getting pecked in his wings by the other Kc quackers to the point of bleeding. I have previously...