Aggressive Chick?

[amberjean628]

Hi,
I'm trying to figure out if one of my Easter Egger chicks is aggressive, establishing pecking order, or is curious.
I have 6 chicks that are 1 week old in a 2ft by 4ft brooder. One is relentlessly feather pecking the others. She would run up to others and peck at their wings, tails, anywhere that is feathers. Even when they're in a pile getting ready to nap, she's pecking.
I added pieces of a feather duster in the brooder hoping it would get her attention instead of her mates. She was interested briefly then went back to pecking behavior. Several times today I tapped her on the back when she'd peck at others, it didn't change her behaivior. I made a divider of cardboard and clear tape for a window, separating her from them for the remainder of the day. Everyone was in peace and happy throughout the day, so I tried to reintroduce her this evening and she went straight back to pecking them. So I separated her again for the night.
She does it to all the other chicks, not just one or two. She also runs frantically to put herself first if another chick is eating, drinking, pecking at hay. To me she seems aggressive and bossy. I don't want the other chicks getting injured. This is my first time raising chicks, so I wasn't sure if this is normal behavior.
How long should I see this type of behavior? Does it correct itself, or is this her personality? I don't want the others always fearing this one chick or sustaining an injury from the persistent pecking.
Tomorrow I was going to set up a dust bowl and try to reintroduce again.
Thank you for suggestions!

 

[nuthatched]

Hi there, I've personally never encountered this issue but here's an informative article written by a very experienced member, I hope it helps.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aggressive-baby-chicks-and-how-to-stop-the-behavior.72029/

 

[Jwith92]

I’m having the same issue with one of me Easter Eggers! The one has been more aggressive since day one (4 weeks old now) and just today started pecking the others. I’ve suspected that she is actually a roo since we first brought them home. I’m not sure what we’re going to do.. thinking about culling the bully if I can’t get this under control.

I’ve never had this issue with any of my other broods.

 

[Cmkelly2016]

I had this issue with one of my Welbars. I have two of them and one frizzled bantam. The one who was dominant started pecking the other two chicks eyes and I didn’t want to end up with blind chicks. I separated them, tried to put them back together a couple days later, and it still didn’t work. So I kept them separated for about 3 weeks and would put them together for visits. The other two started ganging up on her instead, seeing as they’re best buddies (who still at 7 weeks will not stand for being separated they both scream for each other). At 5 1/2-6 weeks I forced them back together in a larger space and for day trips in the outside coop to get acclimated to outside since it’s still too cold for them to stay out. They’ve since worked out all the issues they had and will pile up in a heap when sleeping.
Hopefully it’s just a temporary thing for your chicks.

 

[amberjean628]

Fortunately, my pecker isn't pecking as much anymore. I think she was just obsessive compulsive with the down feathers. I kept her separated and put them all back together at about 2.5 weeks old. She gets along with everybody now except one chick who is singling her out and bullying her. They're fine for the most part, but my new bully chick chases away the chick I had originally separated, trying to keep her away from the food and water. So I put my new bully chick in jail with visits. I'm hoping once they move outside, they'll get along better. The black and white one was the original OCD pecker, the red one is the chick singling her out.