Aggressive Buff Orpington

[Olive_Egger]

Dirty doesn't matter to them, but amount of space can.
The bin and box may be taking up floor space that might give them more room to move.
Change things up in there.

Can't see the birds well enough to know genders.

This is the BO, 12.46 oz.

This one is the runt, only 9.38 oz.

For comparison, this is my largest chicken, who weighs exactly 14 oz and is still scared of the BO.

 

[Olive_Egger]

They seem well feathered too. I'm not sure you still need the brooder unless their nighttime enclosure temperature falls below 50-55°. If you remove the bigger items, put some smaller items in to break up sight lines, add some obstacles to slow pursuit when being chased, and offer hiding spaces with multiple entrances/exits to give a girl a place to hide without getting cornered if the BO is being a Big B.

At night they sit in the corner and chirp until I put them in the bin they've slept in since they were tiny. If I just don't do it should they eventually learn to sleep when they need to? It's a pain having to put them to bed.

 

[Folly's place]

I think it's a cockerel, sorry. And already being obnoxious! IMO cockerels raised in mixed age flocks do best, because the adults knock some humility into them, and they have adults to emulate.
More pictures in another couple of weeks will help too, hope I'm wrong.
Mary

 

[Olive_Egger]

I think it's a cockerel, sorry. And already being obnoxious! IMO cockerels raised in mixed age flocks do best, because the adults knock some humility into them, and they have adults to emulate.
More pictures in another couple of weeks will help too, hope I'm wrong.
Mary

That's unfortunate. I'll keep watch and post more pictures as the BO grows.

 

[aart]

This is the BO, 12.46 oz.

Weight doesn't matter, but age can.
This bird is almost 4 weeks old?
Comb is kinda large but not very red, which are key to early gender IDing.

If I just don't do it should they eventually learn to sleep when they need to?

Yep. Just leave them be, as long a they are warm enough.
They always make a bit a ruckus at 'roost' time.
I call it 'bedtime stories'.

 

[Olive_Egger]

Weight doesn't matter, but age can.
This bird is almost 4 weeks old?
Comb is kinda large but not very red, which are key to early gender IDing.

We got them on April 29th, they might've been a couple of days old at that time.

 

[Sierra G]

Yep. Just leave them be, as long a they are warm enough.
They always make a bit a ruckus at 'roost' time.
I call it 'bedtime stories'.

But you might want to give them something the can actually roost on. Even if it's just a towel bar sitting on the floor theyre going to prefer it to standing or sitting on the floor. Really any horizontal but narrow surface they can grip with their feet will work for them.

 

[The chicken nurd]

I just want to add that it is possible your bo might be a hen last spring I got a 4 chicks one of which was a bo and i spent the the first 2 or more months worrying the she was going to be a rooster because she was extremely aggressive towards the other birds but it turned out she was just a very aggressive hen

 

[Olive_Egger]

I just want to add that it is possible your bo might be a hen last spring I got a 4 chicks one of which was a bo and i spent the the first 2 or more months worrying the she was going to be a rooster because she was extremely aggressive towards the other birds but it turned out she was just a very aggressive hen

Fingers crossed that's all it is.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Just want to say ( your chicken may be a cockerel) but my Orpington (buff) is the meanest in the flock. She’s quite a bully! I’ve heard people saying that Orpington are the sweetest, but she sure isn’t! (Also definitely a hen, lays eggs and is 3 years old) she absolutely loves to bully the smaller chickens away from the feed. Oh well. (Even though she’s not even top of the pecking order)