violent pecking

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    My Silkie's are too violent to new chicken

    Hi all, We've had a few silkie chickens for a year now with one very large rooster and a rather small hen who appears to really like the rooster. She's recently become broody and just won't go out of her coop. We recently got a new young chicken of a different breed and put it in the garden to...
  2. Z

    Introducing two chickens who hate each other

    So, I'm in a bit of a predicament. A while back one of my chickens died. I keep all of my chickens as pets so this was very heartbreaking. I adopted two other chickens to keep my other two happy. I separated them through a wire mesh grate in the coop to keep them separated but they could also...
    • Zerex
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    • chickens attacking each other introducing hens violent pecking
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
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    Rooster suddenly Violently pecking all Hens

    Hello. Has anyone else had sudden, and violent pecking of all hens from one rooster? We have one barnevelder rooster, 1 barnvelder hen, and 3 naked neck hens. This is the second winter in southeast Michigan with them since they were chicks. As of a couple days ago, when the temperatures have...
    • blm
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    • all hens being pecked by one rooster feathers everywhere rooster rooster behavior rooster is the culprit rooster pecks all hens rooster pecks hens sudden change in rooster behavior towards hens violent pecking
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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