Do Girls Fight?

[dbounds10]

I posted this in raising, but saw this thread and figured i should have asked here.

I have 6 chicks 4 weeks old and my 2 EE's are "fighting" more that usual. Like squaring off and flying at each other, almost like chest bumping. I hope they are just working out the order and not Roo's. Is this normal for girls?

This has just started in the last week. Brooder is 8 sq feet, plenty of food and water and are under a 100W heat lamp.

Opinions?

 

[Gardengirl 2011]

Mine are doing the same thing, but since they're not pecking at each other I figure they're just playing or it's a pecking order behavior. Let's see what everyone else thinks.

 

[laircy]

When I had chicks, two of them who I thought were female were doing the same thing and ended up being roosters.
But it could be pecking order.

 

[gritsar]

All chicks playfight. It's how they set up the pecking order.

That being said, I have a couple of adult hens that have fights that put my roosters to shame.

 

[stormylady]

In my experience with chicks the girls fight /play, just as hard as the boys, I posted the same thing a couple of years ago and they told me it was normal, and they are setting up their pecking order, which turned out to be right because the fiestiest little hen I had as a baby is still the top hen today. Sandy

 

[2DogsFarm]

Not only do pullets challenge each other, but my older hens will chestbump my teen rooster if he gets too pushy for their liking!

like a Mom telling her sassy teenage son "I'll slap you into next week!"

 

[no1hilbily]

Do girls Fight? You ever been to a bar lol