lian_kugler6
In the Brooder
- Jul 13, 2021
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Help! This is kind of urgent. So I have a Rhode Island Red hen who is fully grown, and just raised up 2 Silkies. One Silkie is a rooster and the other is a hen. NOTE: my RIR is very friendly and kind and I’ve never noticed any aggressive behavior from her. I decided to finally merge the two after lots of introductions and keeping them together in an open space, etc… They did fine the first day and night, but then for some reason my RIR got aggressive towards the two and even drew a fair amount of blood from my rooster. I moved my Silkies back to the original pen they were in and now I’m noticing my Silkie hen is attacking my rooster. I don’t think this was happening before either. I’ve checked him for serious injuries and he seems fine, but she keeps pecking at him and causing him to scream and be scared. There’s no blood and she doesn’t seem super aggressive but is definitely attacking him. Also, she seems to only peck at his neck area? He’s also not doing anything towards her btw. If anyone knows what’s going on and how I can stop them from fighting I’d be happy to try anything. I hate seeing my babies get hurt and I know the pecking order is going to happen but I don’t want them to die 
