pecking

  1. DustBathSpaDay

    Pecking order in a two-hen household

    Hi! I just lost my little rooster, Ollie, a barred Cochin bantam who lived with us as a house pet and family member for eleven years, wearing diapers and coexisting happily with all the other pets. I'm ready to bring home another chicken--a hen this time--and I'd like to raise her as I did...
  2. L

    Pecking wounds and separation advice needed

    Hello, I was looking for some advice on some mild pecking I discovered this morning. One of my ladies has two small peck wounds on her head (picture attached.. sorry for the bad quality she was very hard to get a picture of on my own), and was mostly wondering if I should separate her from the...
  3. M

    Please Please HELP - Pecking problem

    PLEASE PLEASE HELP! First time chicken owner and am doing the best I can. I adopted 2 silkies (11 months old - same age as my current girls) and introduced them to my current flock of 4, 1 month ago. My russian orloff has been going after them but particularly one. The first week we monitored...
  4. whitneyj09

    Molting on back, base of tail only

    Hi there I have a new flock of 8 hens, all having lost feathers or only have those soft under feathers left in the same spot and nowhere else- all on their "lower back" or base of the tail feathers. I've worked on mite control, given them extra calcium, and sprayed that stuff that's supposed to...
  5. Farmerabr169

    Male Finch picking at female

    Hello! very recently I adopted a male finch from a bird sanctuary because he was kept in his own cage alone. when i asked why he was alone they said he was picked on by the rest of his old cage mates and would of died otherwise so i took him home with a cage for 10$ but i know finch cant be...
  6. RustyBucketFarmGirl

    Partridge penedesenca behaviors

    I purchased a partridge penedesenca chick in April amongst 9 other chicks to start my flock. I thought the breed was pretty and would compliment the others well. Usually she’s very aloof and flighty. This weekend she started charging the children. She even pecked my friends’ son on the ankle...
  7. JNicoleS

    Pecking problem with my Polish chicks

    Hi all! I have a mixed flock of 3 week old chicks and all has been well until this morning when I went to feed/clean I saw that two out of the 5 of the white crested polish chicks I have look to be missing half of their head plumage. I can see their skin and it is bright pink. This is my first...
  8. C

    older hen behaving strangely

    Hi One of my "older" (2+ years, but Hy-line) hens is behaving strangely. She avoids the other chickens in the flock and they started pecking on her. She hides but seems fine otherwise. This is new. She used to be a part of the flock even though she hasnt been laying eggs for several months. I...
  9. HenelaT

    Outcast hen with cross beak problems

    Help! I have a four month old silkie hen that came to our home with 7 other chicks the same age. Some regular size some bantams. Everyone got along great without issues. Recently this silkie was attacked by one of my older bantam hens. The back of her head had been pecked down to muscle tissue...
  10. Pickyzel

    Disturbance in the pecking order.

    We have 5 hens and 1 rooster, with our buff Orpington in the top of the pecking order. We got them at 4 weeks old and they are all 15 weeks now. All of a sudden our dominque (who I beleave was 3rd in the pecking order) today started chasing and pecking everyone. She never did this before. When I...
  11. P

    Help! Pecking problem with 5 wk old chicks

    We have seven 5-wk old chicks (got them when they were a day old) and are new to raising chickens. Two Wyandottes have made it clear from the beginning that they are at the top of the pecking order. In the last few days, the larger of the Wyandottes has started being very aggressive and is...
  12. MissRaychel91

    Week old chicks with a deadly bully. Need advice!

    This is my first batch of chicks ever. I ordered 6 day old chicks from My Pet Chicken, 2 buff Brahma bantams, 2 white silkie bantams, and 2 black frizzle Cochin bantams. They will be 1 week old tomorrow. The buff Brahmas have grown faster than the others and 1 of them, the biggest, started...
  13. T

    Duck constantly peck other duck

    Hi all just wondering could somebody help me. I hatched out two call ducks they are 6 and a half weeks old. Fully feathered and off the heat. During the day they are out in the garden loads of space, water to get in and out of, plenty of drinking water and plenty of food, glass and flies. I'm...
    • Tara2018
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    • call duck ducks pecking
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. RiverStorm

    Mother Hen Pecking Chick.

    Hey! I have a broody Blue Cochin hen (Lily) who hatched out a chick this morning. She is staying with it, and for the most part does good, but to get it back under her she continuously pecks on its head. I don't think it is too hard, but it certainly looks like it would hurt. Also, she doesn't...
  15. 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...
  16. StaceyL.RDH

    She’s healed!!!

    So one of my Easter Egger pullets got pecked pretty bad. Before I found you good people, I googled a solution to try to help her. I used dawn dish soap and warm water to bathe her and after the wound was clean, applied neosporin(non pain relief) liberally for a week. We kept her seperate from...
  17. A

    Hen Won't Accept chicks: what to do?

    Hello BYC Just last night, I attempted to "swap out" 7 of my hen's eggs with 8 baby chicks. She had been broody for about 3 weeks now, and we had set up an area in the garage with everything both she and the chicks could need. Her eggs were not fertilized so we had to buy 1-day old chicks. When...
  18. Keeperoflock

    First Injured Chick(en)....NEED ADVICE SOON PLEASE

    I feel sooo bad. I'm such a horrible chicken keeper!!! I have milk crates with straw in them in the coop for them to get used to them to lay in till hubby can get more permanent ones built. I found one of my chickens hanging with her foot stuck in the handle part. Her body was supported on...
  19. jtodek

    4wk duckling bald patch- pecking

    hi guys! my little (or rathrr big) pekin duck sue has gotten a bald batch in the last 2 days. it came overnight and looked as if there was irritation innitially which has scabbed up. i dont see her pecking at it, but today it seems like it could be a tad bigger. I put some vitamin e oil on it...
    • jtodek
    • Thread
    • bald patch duckling pecking pekin
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  20. alliterationsss

    Blue leghorn's HUGE droopy comb is pecked; she now pecks viciously

    Hello I have a blue leghorn about 6 months old. She is the youngest in my flock (currently 9 hens, varying heritage breeds), along with her buddy, a Plymouth Rock of same age. Both girls were pecked initially, as expected. My blue leghorn has a HUGE floppy comb, even though she is only just...
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