pecking

  1. Awtdaniel05

    Baby chicks pecking one another

    I have roughly about 90 baby chicks 60 of them are all 5 weeks old and are seperated from my youger bantam chicks. Recently I have notices that the older chicks started pecking the polish chicks head. Does anyone have any advice to get them to stop pecking each other and treatment for the ones...
  2. Firbrd

    Not so nice duckling

    I have almost 4 week old mix of ducklings and i have one smaller one I believe is a khaki that is pecking at the others (bigger ones). One of them has a nickle size piece of down missing. Put blukote on it and separated the khaki for a few. It's too cold to put them out yet. Any suggestions on...
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  3. R

    Pecking or?

    My free range hens have started showing these little back spots on combs and wattles unsure if it's pecking or something more? Some have more theb others and some spots bigger then others. This winter has been quite wet so they have spent a lot more time in their coop and their other shelters...
  4. NorthernChick1

    Muscovie eye crusting over

    hi, ive posted a thread yesterday but i haven't seemed to catch anyones attention. I am worried about my muscovies eye... she lost her friend this winter and is now the only duck in my flock of chickens. i brought her in for a month when the weather frostbitten her feet and put her back in the...
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    • crusty eye duck injured eye muscovies pecking
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. Little Coop on Salt Creek

    Broody hen pecking at vent area of newly hatched chicks

    Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on why I have broodies that will peck at their new babies butts. Back in December, we had 2 relentless broodies that we gave eggs to. One was a Black Australorp and the other a White Silkie. Now both of these girls were approx 1 1/2...
  6. D

    Hen pecking

    Question on chicken pecking, bullying, I have 8 chickens 4 are sisters, 4 others are adopted, All hens.. We do not have a rooster,, they have all been together for over a year. but in the past 4 months or so, they have turned against one, we keep her in a separate area at night, her own little...
  7. frackmomma

    Chick pecking - cull?

    I have had two new babies for about 5 days and immediately noticed the Speckled Sussex was starting to pick at the others. I kept an eye on them and my husband noticed today that my Welsummer chick is now pecked bare on her back and bleeding! We've separated the injured one and I'll pick up some...
  8. Audreyschickens

    Getting new chickens and asking for advice

    Hi! I currently have 11 hens and they are all happy and healthy. I have some friends that have 10 chickens and 2 of them have killed 4 from their own flock! They are planning on killing the 2, but I am considering taking them in. I will not be putting them with my girls but instead on the other...
  9. B

    Aggressive Flock

    Hi! I have 9 hens living with 100sq feet of run space. I noticed some of the chickens started to have misssing feathers below their vents and i found out that they are pecking the feathers out. It’s gotten much worse and it’s more than one hen doing it to them and now they have back feathers...
  10. Raining Rage

    Chicken Being Pecked on Head

    It’s been going on for a while. My Polish chicken is always being pecked in the head and is always trying to grow them back. I herd that Tea Tree oil helps with injuries and repeals pecking. I just don’t know how I should use it.
  11. N

    Eye pecking

    Please help! I don't know if you help with ducks but I need advice. I've had a duckling for about 4 weeks (is about only four weeks and a few days old),Lilou, and today I got another to be its companion. The new one, Cosmos, is much smaller and only about one week old. But Lilou keeps pecking...
  12. spiritpots

    Chicken pecking and drawing blood - egg laying?

    This is my first year raising chickens (I have four that are 7-8 months old, which I got together when they were 6 weeks old) and this morning the brown leghorn (Isabella-background in pic) was fighting quite aggressively with the blue orpington (Penelope- foreground in pic) to the point that...
  13. Thechickentrainer1999

    Important question

    2 separate flocks of my chickens just moved into one cage and all except 1 want to pick on my EE. What should i do. All she wants to do is stay inside on the roost bar all day and when she comes out they chase her around the cage. Im so confused because she was once at the top of the pecking...
  14. S

    SEVERE PECKING HELP !

    I have three chickens and I went out today and one is being severely pecked to the point it’s bleeding. I don’t know what to do and I have no way of separating them as I only have one coop. It is a large coop it originally houses 9 and I only have three in there. They also have a large enclosure...
  15. R

    Chicken Leg Issue due to Severe Pecking

    I have 6 Rhode Island Reds that are around 3 months old and one day i come out to a chicken missing all the feathers on its back and under its wings, but its also was missing feathers on it right leg. The chicken suffered a severe pecking. She is not walking one the leg and is curling the foot...
  16. Stacyoung13

    My Roo is mean with his girls

    Hi, for the last few days, almost a week. Splash, my silkie roo, has been coming out of the coop in the mornings chasing and pecking at the girls. And it's hard pecks, for about 3-4 minutes he will run around chasing and pecking them, then they settle down and eat. He acts normal with them the...
  17. chickmamat

    Light Brahma/ pecking or leg mites?

    I have an 8mo old light Brahma who has had some bleeding on her feet the last 5-6 days. I noticed a small spot at first and didn’t think much of it. But today there is obviously more and she seems to me favoring the foot slightly. I have included photos. She is eating, drinking, and laying (as...
  18. AshlyPashlee

    Pecking

    Hey all, First off, still happy to be apart of this group!! Being a new hen mom, I need all the info I can get. Second... We've got chicks about 7 weeks old. Will be putting them in a coop outside soon. Anywho, we have one little hen that likes to approach in order to peck. It's not hard...
  19. chicken singer

    Hen attacking other hen

    Hi there, Cosmo is the queen of my chicken coop, but she has taken to attacking Cheeko chicken in particular to the point I am worried she will kill her. Cheeko is an older girl and has trouble walking, so when Cosmo comes to attack her, it doesn't help that Cheeko cant get out of the way. When...
  20. rosemarysugar

    SEVERE PECKING?!?!?!

    I have an 11 month old BROWN-RED Americauna (her name is Marigold) that has muffs and a beard (always very big and full) she is healthy and am pretty sure is not molting. Anyway.. I was letting my girls free rang and I picked up Marigold and ALL of her beard and a lot but not not all of her...
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