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

[Shadrach]

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>

I was thinking of the picture. The chick makes it unusual.

 

[aart]

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.

Ahh, well, that story shines some light on your theory. Think it has much to do with confining birds that are usually free to go where they please. Did you confined the broodies to protect them from predators? Pics of their enclosures?

I was thinking of the picture. The chick makes it unusual.

I don't think the situation fits your theory tho, my birds are always confined.

 

[Shadrach]

Ahh, well, that story shines some light on your theory. Think it has much to do with confining birds that are usually free to go where they please. Did you confined the broodies to protect them from predators? Pics of their enclosures?

I don't think the situation fits your theory tho, my birds are always confined.

There are some pics of one of the maternity units at the bottom of this article.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...e-make-a-sitting-hens-job-so-difficult.74389/

The broodies are not confined during the day, not when they sit, nor once the chicks have hatched. The coop and run just gives them some added security, especially for the first day the chicks leave the nest, about two days old. They are shut in the coop section at night.