separation

  1. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Dealing with Bullies: Separation Pen and Egg Laying

    My 4+ y/o RIR, Willy Honka, is a great chicken.... most of the time. However, since this time last year, when my BO Glory starts to molt and blood feather nubs start showing up around her vent/rear end, Willy Honka becomes OBSESSED with plucking and pecking them. Inevitably, this causes bleeding...
  2. J

    Separating Ducklings

    Hi, so I recently got 2 male white pekin ducks. They were shipped together from metzer farms, and me and my family are going to keep them as pets. I read from here that if 2 ducklings are kept in the same brooder they will bond to each other and not you. But then I read from other articles that...
    • jimbillman
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    • bonding ducklings ducks separation
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    • Forum: Ducks
  3. LyricalButtons

    Separating quail in the same room due to respiratory illness

    Hello! I have 8 quail chicks. One was the only to hatch from some eggs I had stuck into an incubator, the rest I picked up from a breeder today. The chick I hatched seems to have some sort of respiratory Illness. I am keeping him separated from the rest.. I was wondering if it's okay to keep him...
    • LyricalButtons
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    • button button quail chicks help quail respiratory illness same room separation
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Quail
  4. justcallmekinn

    Panicking Hen

    Does any ones else have a hen that panics when you leave? And what can I do to help her calm down? Normally when I let her out to roam in the yard, she follows me like a puppy. Do chickens get separation anxiety? Also, is it normal for them to growl? She argues with me. I tell her she can't go...
  5. C

    Help, please! Do I need to separate?

    Hi All ~ Here's my dilemma: I currently have 2 hens and woke today to find that Bette's comb has been ripped away from her head and is partially flopping around. I immediately separated the two, assuming it was an attack on Bette by Lucy. Since I only have the two (I'm a novice chicken owner...
  6. Muscovy-palooza

    Girls and boys are freaking out being seperated!

    I have moved muscovy girls into the coop to try to train them to lay there but the fellas keep coming around the coop making their huffing noises getting the girls all in a snit. So much so that one of the girls flew and clung to the window and broke the pane to escape! What would happen of boys...
    • Muscovy-palooza
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    • coop training freaking out muscovy separation upset ducks
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. KirbyH

    Update on Mean Chicken

    Just want to relate how the situation with the mean, aggressive chicken (Big Bad Red) turned out. We separated the chicken from the rest of the flock and put her in an area where she had her own private residence but shared the fenced space with our two silkies. We kept her there for about 6...
  8. B

    Hen Fights - Help!

    New Mumma to nine six-month old ladies: three RI Reds, three Rocks, three Buffs. All raised together from days old, first three months in our spare bedroom (MA Winters/Springs are cold!) before transitioning to their outdoor coop/run. All are laying beautifully. A few weeks ago I noticed one of...
  9. T

    Polish Bantam in trouble

    hello! I have a polish bantam at the bottom of the pecking order and all the other girls (12 in all) have pulled her feathers from the top of her head in the last few months. I have her isolated in her own hutch but I let her out while I work in the run for about an hour. I am wanting some input...
  10. S

    Help - Eye Injury

    Hello, I have a 12 week old Welsumer hen who was exhibiting lethargic behavior and was very unbalanced when we got back from a weekend away during the holiday. When I started to look her over I noticed her right eye was closed. My first thought was that she was pecked by another of the more...
  11. Gwyndarlin

    Separating an injury

    okay I just got four two week old chicks two days ago and have them in my brooder with all of the fixin's Today I discovered one of them had obviously been injured by another chick. She has a lot of feathers missing an bleeding from the thin little flap of wing between her back and wing. I...
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