Bullying

Chickenheadmate

Songster
6 Years
Mar 4, 2018
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Mansfield, TX
Other day I came out and my Leghorn hen was with her tucked in a space between two bins, and thought my 6 month cock/roo, was trying to mate and she was trying to evade him. I pull him off and pick my hen up. Her head was covered in blood. I think later that day, or day after I came back out to check on her and she jumped onto me so I held her for a little bit and put her in a dog crate. I have been keeping an eye on the situation and noticed my Roo will grab her by the feathers and kick her. I also noticed that my BCMS hen always takes a strike at her if she gets a chance to.
My curiosity is as to why the aggressive behavior from both my roo and BCMS at the same time towards my Leghorn.
I don’t think the roo has ever successfully mater with my leghorn and my BCMS was the dominant one until the roo came along. I also notice the BCMS do the dance in front of the dog crate.

will this behavior eventually pass?
 
I would separate the male.
You only have these 3 birds?
Why’s that?
I have a fourth, mixed breed, which I noticed BCMS try to fight her, around the same time she started messing with my leghorn, but the mixed hen wasn’t going to have it. I put her in with the leghorn last night so leghorn wasn’t by herself.
 

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