Battling hens!

[Cryss]

This will be a learning experience for me. I really want to watch to see who the top hen really is.

 

[MissChick@dee]

This will be a learning experience for me. I really want to watch to see who the top hen really is.

It’s not the size of the chicken in the fight. It’s the size of fight in the chicken. That little one has got some sass!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Your BR was not the aggressor.

I agree. The BR does not seem to be the aggressor in the video, she's just meeting the EE's challenge head on...and winning (putting the EE in her place)

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

It’s not the size of the chicken in the fight. It’s the size of fight in the chicken. That little one has got some sass!

That is so true! My Frizzle Bantam Jane whooped by 3 large fowl chickens’ butts when I rescued her and now she is top chicken.

Jane for reference

 

[Cryss]

NOPE! It's definitely Fraggle that is the aggressor! Letting them out this morning everyone rushed out except Henneth Fowltrow (and of course Roopecca which is normal for him). I waited. When she finally ventured out to join the flock and eat some veggies Fraggle instantly attacked chasing Henneth the length of the run in 4 rounds till Henneth took refuge in the coop nesting area. This happened 2 more times including one time that Fraggle actually went inside and chased Henneth out and attacked her. I believe strongly that the video of Henneths attack on Fraggle yesterday was Henneth attempting to get past to get to food, maybe a bit of retaliation for having just been attacked which wasn't caught in the video. I'm leaving for daughters Dr. appointment now but hope to not find disaster when I get home.

 

[aart]

Doesn't really matter who the head hen is.....
.....spread treats out on the ground to avoid this scenario.

Battles can ensue at all levels of the pecking order...sh!t rolls downhill!

 

[andreanar]

Doesn't really matter who the head hen is.....
.....spread treats out on the ground to avoid this scenario.

Battle can ensue at all levels of the pecking order...sh!t rolls downhill!

So true! All my hens ignore a small bantam cochin, pretty much act like she isn't there at all. They don't peck or bother her like they do with the lowest in order EE. So the lowest EE started targeting the little bantam. Now she feels very important. The little bantam hatched 3 chicks 4 mths ago, so now her and her babies are their own flock within a flock. Chickens are weird.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

NOPE! It's definitely Fraggle that is the aggressor! Letting them out this morning everyone rushed out except Henneth Fowltrow (and of course Roopecca which is normal for him). I waited. When she finally ventured out to join the flock and eat some veggies Fraggle instantly attacked chasing Henneth the length of the run in 4 rounds till Henneth took refuge in the coop nesting area. This happened 2 more times including one time that Fraggle actually went inside and chased Henneth out and attacked her. I believe strongly that the video of Henneths attack on Fraggle yesterday was Henneth attempting to get past to get to food, maybe a bit of retaliation for having just been attacked which wasn't caught in the video. I'm leaving for daughters Dr. appointment now but hope to not find disaster when I get home.

Still sounds perfectly normal to me.
There is attacking, then there is pecking order. The higher ups will keep the lower ones away from food/treats.

Henneth is also molting, looks like. That can be a factor as well, her behavior may be a bit off, so that makes her more of a target.

 

[Cryss]

She trys to come out to eat but can't. Then she gets chased out until she runs the whole run and back inside. Im worried she isnt getting food and water.

 

[Cryss]

She doesn't just get chased away. Fraggle constantly follows her only stopping a moment to eat, then back to following, chasing, or searching for Henneth. Is pecking order constant like that? I spread treat out but still she isn't allowed. It is constant.