picking on each other

  1. L

    Bully Hen

    I have a bully. I watched her several times following and chasing my most docile hen. I picked up the victim hen and noticed her back had been picked! I’ve got her cleaned up and put some wound care on it and I have them separated right now. I just don’t know how to get the behavior to stop...
  2. Chickadee00

    Help! Feather picking

    2 of my hens started picking my rooster yesterday, I sprayed the spot with blue spray, so they wouldn't go for him anymore. Today I checked and they picked again and that he's bleeding. I separated him (they can still see him, but can't get to him) and put some ointment on his wound. What do I...
  3. R

    Mean Mallard??

    We have 4 Mallards that are almost 7 weeks old. One of them is constantly pecking the other ducks, sometimes plucking a feather or 2. While I am seeing no significant harm to the ducks yet, the others are agitated by the behavior. It did it the first 2 weeks we had them, stopped for 2-3 weeks...
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  4. Stephymonster

    Hen started laying and attacked flockmate

    Edit: thanks so much for the advice, now that it’s daylight we think she hurt her head on the fence, and will be putting them back together today as well as changing the type of fencing! :)
  5. P

    What’s wrong with my chickens??

    I had 12 Rhode Island Reds in the coop they were in there for about 2 weeks and then I went and bought 15 Isa Browns they’re probably a week maybe two apart in age. My coop is about 4 ft by 6ft there is plenty of room for them being that they’re only chicks. But all my Isa browns have feathers...
  6. katiekate88

    One of my chicks are being picked on can anyone help

    I have a W. C. BLACK POLISH Female And I noticed yesterday the top on her head seemed a little red today when I was getting ready to close their coop up for the night I seen her missing feathers on top of her head ( picture will be posted ) I have pick no more lotion I put on it does anyone...
  7. Chickenma65

    Silkie being picked on

    My friend has a silkie that keeps getting picked on even by another silkie. Is there something she can do to stop it? It’s been on going. She’s separated the bully hens and when putting them back they continue to pick on the one silkie. She’s checked her over and she’s not sick. She has a...
  8. Katrinasofia

    Feather picking

    Hi. I'm very new and still learning but today I'm very alarmed. I have 6 four month old chickens who up until today have been doing quite well. I have one chick that is very much larger that the others (she actually looks unusual) but today I noticed that she was bloody under her wing. She...
  9. B

    Broody, unhappy hen-advice?

    Have an ISA brown who is definitely going broody. Has been sitting in the nest box that the majority of the girls use for the last 3 days. She won't come out unless I physically move her. Even forced 2 hens to use a different box today. Today after work I went out and made her get out of the box...
  10. MomJones

    Baby Chicks With Bloody Tails/Rumps

    Hi All, So this isn't my first rodeo--have 2 dozen mature birds (different breeds) from 2 years ago, variety of breeds, all raised from 1 week old. All good so far. Two weeks ago I bought a dozen Welsummer babies . They seemed to be of the same age when I first brought them home, but as the...
  11. minaayindra

    Did I pick the right chicks?

    I'm brand new to having chickens. My two predominant reasons for getting some were because of a heavy tick infestation here and because I wanted a friendly group that would be comfortable with each other. Many people gave me their opinions so I made my selections based on those. What I didn't...
  12. 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...
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