HotNoob
In the Brooder
Hi,
20x browns.
so, two of my chickens have started laying now, but the first one to start laying has become very aggressive since she started laying ( 2 days ago ).
the aggressive chicken has always been "grumpy" looking, and is a bit different looking than the rest.
she has a more blonde-ish or yellow color than the rest, always has.
since she started laying 2 days ago she has been attacking any other chicken that gets remotely close to her. especially when she is eating or foraging.
she is also very... chicken horny? the slightest touch anywhere and she goes into the "passive" stance.
plan to get roosters & other breeds next year.
AFAIK she doesnt get aggressive until she is in the wild, outside of the coop / run.
she her self has some bite / peck marks, but ive only ever seen her attack other chickens and not the other way around. so i donno.
pretty vicious pecks / bites at the other chickens; really holding on to whatever she bites on them.
the weather has also suddenly gotten cold in the past 3 weeks, from 20*C to average of -5*C. at the end of the week it will be 10*C (so its some sort of cold snap).
coop is 8x8, today was 50% humidity, about the same as outside. there is some snow still on the ground, so isn't much to forage right now.
after the fight, she pecks furiously at the ground, kind of reminds me of someone eating because they are mad.
so today i locked her in the coop while the rest of the flock is out; at first she cried for 10 minutes or so, and then calmed down. opened the door an hour later, 3 hours later she rejoined the flock. was ok for about 30 minutes then she started attacking everyone again. so, i've put her back in the coop for now. when she is in the coop alone she calms down a lot, and just sits there, but will eat food and water if i give her some feed.
gave her a bit of charcoal, grit, and limestone to peck at incase she ate something bad / is nutritional.
she is just very angry towards the other chickens. any ideas on what to do?
i'm not really equipped to separate them at night if that becomes a problem.
20x browns.
so, two of my chickens have started laying now, but the first one to start laying has become very aggressive since she started laying ( 2 days ago ).
the aggressive chicken has always been "grumpy" looking, and is a bit different looking than the rest.
she has a more blonde-ish or yellow color than the rest, always has.
since she started laying 2 days ago she has been attacking any other chicken that gets remotely close to her. especially when she is eating or foraging.
she is also very... chicken horny? the slightest touch anywhere and she goes into the "passive" stance.
plan to get roosters & other breeds next year.
AFAIK she doesnt get aggressive until she is in the wild, outside of the coop / run.
she her self has some bite / peck marks, but ive only ever seen her attack other chickens and not the other way around. so i donno.
pretty vicious pecks / bites at the other chickens; really holding on to whatever she bites on them.
the weather has also suddenly gotten cold in the past 3 weeks, from 20*C to average of -5*C. at the end of the week it will be 10*C (so its some sort of cold snap).
coop is 8x8, today was 50% humidity, about the same as outside. there is some snow still on the ground, so isn't much to forage right now.
after the fight, she pecks furiously at the ground, kind of reminds me of someone eating because they are mad.
so today i locked her in the coop while the rest of the flock is out; at first she cried for 10 minutes or so, and then calmed down. opened the door an hour later, 3 hours later she rejoined the flock. was ok for about 30 minutes then she started attacking everyone again. so, i've put her back in the coop for now. when she is in the coop alone she calms down a lot, and just sits there, but will eat food and water if i give her some feed.
gave her a bit of charcoal, grit, and limestone to peck at incase she ate something bad / is nutritional.
she is just very angry towards the other chickens. any ideas on what to do?
i'm not really equipped to separate them at night if that becomes a problem.