Fighting???

[Chickenhappy8708]

Lately, (usually when were outside) 2 of our chicks, a white leghorn, and black jersey giant, have been having little standoffs, The black jersey giant, (Kayla) is pretty low in pecking order, where as the Leghorn, (Valerie) is higher, they sometimes do this to the other chickens, but that is usually pretty minor, and don't happen very often, the video I shot is a little less than what they usually do, probably because our hed hen was right there. Is this normal, and shouldI change something?

 

[ChickForLife]

This is very normal. How old are they?

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

About a month.

 

[Tamdog]

I don't know how old they are according to what you have told us, but I found this article interesting earlier this evening. Maybe these things work for older chicks as well? https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aggressive-baby-chicks-and-how-to-stop-the-behavior.72029

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Ok, thanks, also they are sexed pulleys.

 

[Tamdog]

Ok, thanks, also they are sexed pulleys.

Sounds like the article may help if they are that young. Mine seem to fight when I first let them out of the locked safe pen that they stay in at night- after that they settle in and ignore each other.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Valerie did have that problem when she was little, but she soon outgrew it. Do you think that has anything to do with it?

 

[aBirdNerd]

Lately, (usually when were outside) 2 of our chicks, a white leghorn, and black jersey giant, have been having little standoffs, The black jersey giant, (Kayla) is pretty low in pecking order, where as the Leghorn, (Valerie) is higher, they sometimes do this to the other chickens, but that is usually pretty minor, and don't happen very often, the video I shot is a little less than what they usually do, probably because our hed hen was right there. Is this normal, and shouldI change something?

We have six baby buff orps, they get into little rages sometimes, I think that this is pretty normal.