Do you have any pictures or stories of chickens fence fighting?

[Compost King]

I have daily fence fighting because my breeding pens are side by side by side. The fence even goes through the coop! because my 8 x 4 coops are split in half. My big story, they never fight in the coop only outside the coop. I keep filling the holes between 2 roosters that fight constantly because some ended up a little bloody. I use pallets as fence outside the coop. so I just drop junk down in the pallet gap.. or staple feed bags. Just enough so they can avoid contact but enough holes to get them challenging each other because I feel it helps with fertility if they can get aggressive like that. No proof of that, just a hunch.
If I walk past a rooster getting all puffy when I have my camera at the fence I will take a picture of it today.

 

[Shadrach]

Have seen it between cock/erels, no pics tho.
It happens tho, try searching on youtube.

This little one was trying to have a go at the hen on the other side.
It was hilarious, it jumped up at her several times....
....and she just stood there and looked
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Thanks aart. If I want to use it I'll ask you first.
It would have been interesting to see what happened if you had let the caged hen out.

 

[Shadrach]

I have these
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Thanks HuffleClaw. Again, it would be interesting to see what happened if you had let them out.
I've had them just like that and let the caged one out a while later and you wouldn't have believed they were behaving like that. They completely ignored each other as soon as the fence wasn't there.

 

[Shadrach]

I have daily fence fighting because my breeding pens are side by side by side. The fence even goes through the coop! because my 8 x 4 coops are split in half. My big story, they never fight in the coop only outside the coop. I keep filling the holes between 2 roosters that fight constantly because some ended up a little bloody. I use pallets as fence outside the coop. so I just drop junk down in the pallet gap.. or staple feed bags. Just enough so they can avoid contact but enough holes to get them challenging each other because I feel it helps with fertility if they can get aggressive like that. No proof of that, just a hunch.
If I walk past a rooster getting all puffy when I have my camera at the fence I will take a picture of it today.

Slightly different when both chickens are caged but pictures would still be appreciated.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Thanks HuffleClaw. Again, it would be interesting to see what happened if you had let them out.
I've had them just like that and let the caged one out a while later and you wouldn't have believed they were behaving like that. They completely ignored each other as soon as the fence wasn't there.

Vodka (the black cochin BANTAM) beat the absolute crap out of Russell (Largefowl Blue Laced Red Wyandotte) a few weeks ago... I’ll never be letting those 2 out together again. And yup, Russell still acts all cocky towards Vodka.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Russell was hiding in a corner too. Poor boy. But in the end they were both okay.

(Don’t mind the tattered tail feathers, he was molting)

 

[Compost King]

Slightly different when both chickens are caged but pictures would still be appreciated.

None fighting through the fence today, and I won't bait it, maybe later today a couple of them get in the mood. I can really only get one of them in the shot unless I can get a ladder in place while they are all puffy.

 

[Shadrach]

Vodka (the black cochin BANTAM) beat the absolute crap out of Russell (Largefowl Blue Laced Red Wyandotte) a few weeks ago... I’ll never be letting those 2 out together again. And yup, Russell still acts all cocky towards Vodka.

The boys fight here all the time. It's rarely very serious and if it's heading that way I break it up. Otherwise it's just patch them up if the combs and wattles are torn. Mostly I can just step in between and look like I mean business and they back up, but often not until they've flogged me in the red mist. They look very contrite after.

 

[aart]

If I want to use it I'll ask you first.

I don't have a vid of fence fighters out there, but have seen them....so no permission from me needed.
Or maybe I misunderstood?<shrugs>

 

[Shadrach]

Part of what kicked this off is I have two mums with chicks in maternity units outside my house. I'm there at dusk/roost time, mainly to make sure all the chicks make it home. The hens are mother and daughter. They belong to the same tribe. If one goes in to the coop run and shut the gate the other, if she notices, tries to start a fight through the fence. As soon as I open the gate again the behavior stops.
I've seen similar in other circumstances here with males and females of various rank and age. When they are all free they get on fine. Fully confine one and most of the chickens that go by the coop and run will fence goad if not actually fight if they can see the occupant.
Because I don't have runs as such and the chickens are all free range, even broodies can come and go as they please, I don't get to see this behavior often. Testing by deliberately shutting one in seems a bit unkind when they could be there hours before another chicken or tribe pass by. Of course, if wanted to catch them in action I would have to stand there for hours as well. There are ways around this and I'll probably have to try and test a few by placing another chicken in the vicinity.