3 week old chicks jumping on each other

[spamfritter75]

My two little ones are acting really aggressive toward each other . Jumping on each other and squaring up to each other . Is this normal behaviour at that age to determine the pecking order or should I be worried . They fight over food as well .

 

[lightchick]

Normal......totally normal.....don't worry about it.
My chicks do it all the time....mostly the extra roosters that the hatchery sent us.
Only one of my pullets does it to the roosters and that is not very often.

 

[spamfritter75]

So does that mean there is a good chance one of these is a male ?

 

[lightchick]

Or that they are both pullets and are trying to figure out whose the boss.
Their kind of young to sex right now. How old are they? My chicks are 13 days old today and the male chicks are doing it a lot. I'm sure that if I didn't have males than the pullets would do it too.
(i think)

 

[spamfritter75]

About 3 weeks now maybe just over . One of them has a bigger comb than the other one now . They are really funny to watch . Just hope it doesn't stress them too much !