Giving up chicken for its aggression..

[Lickety split]

Cull her from the flock. She is causing problems.

Cull as in kill or remove? Because we might give her away if we can’t help her.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Cull as in kill or remove? Because we might give her away if we can’t help her.

Cull as in remove.

 

[PachecoPeeps]

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Funny i knew someone would ask this, yikes i’ll have to check when i can find the time to go back, maybe Friday. I can post a pic but its not fully in shot. Guesstimating, id say its maybe a 3x3 or 4x4 inside the coop with a space under the same size of course, but its 3 or 4 x maybe 6 to account for their ramp. I let them out to roam when i’m there. With the pic of them sleeping, you can see the lighter chicken in the back had short tail feathers, thats who i think is head of the flock. The pic with the leggy in it is of the aggressive one, i don’t seem to have many pics.. and who i assume is the head of the flock has head trauma, twists her head around sometimes.


I can’t really say yes since its summer and i’m not there to confirm, but she has groups go give them food for the summer and sometimes shell go herself. When i care during school i always make sure kids do a good job, but if they’re not having food when they should they spill a lot of it out in the coop so i guess the kind of always have food available? I’ve tried wetting it because i heard it can reduce waste and they like it but the ants in the coop also like it and kids don’t take it out so we stopped that wonderful idea >_>

Not sure what feeder you use but maybe you could make a feeder out if pvc pipe. It will hold a lot of food so you wouldn’t have to worry as much about them being out.

I’m wondering if they are eating feathers because they aren’t getting enough protein. Could also explain being aggressive because their resources are limited causing more competition.

 

[Lickety split]

Cull as in remove.

Thats our last resort but we will if we can’t get help on here

 

[Sunshine Flock]

It sounds like the flock is a learning project for school.

Don't cull a bird you don't yet understand. There's always a reason that explains their behavior. You can't learn if you ship off the chicken or cull her before you've had a good chance to explore what may be going on.

So be patient with this discussion. I think you'll get some good responses and will be able to puzzle through this situation with some suggestions to try. Things you'll want to share:

- Your location and climate (you can just mention the state)
- Do they free range? What's the size of their yard?
- How old are they? All females? Breed?
- Post back here when you've got the coop measurements.
- What's going on with each chicken? Missing feathers, etc.
- How many roosts in the coop? How high off the ground?
- How many food and water stations?

Do you know why your teacher has you measuring out food per chicken, per day? Is this to track feed expenditures?

 

[Lickety split]

Not sure what feeder you use but maybe you could make a feeder out if pvc pipe. It will hold a lot of food so you wouldn’t have to worry as much about them being out.

I’m wondering if they are eating feathers because they aren’t getting enough protein. Could also explain being aggressive because their resources are limited causing more competition.

Heres the feeder in the corner. My construction teacher helped us make a pvc feeder and i love the idea but my teacher hasn’t used it yet.. what could we give for protein? I’m breeding mealworms but i heard they’re high in it and that we shouldn’t feed too much. They could eat chicken which i heard isn’t bad... yikes

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Also, share this discussion with your teacher and classmates.

This should be something everyone works together to resolve. It's a great learning opportunity here on BYC.

 

[PachecoPeeps]

Heres the feeder in the corner. My construction teacher helped us make a pvc feeder and i love the idea but my teacher hasn’t used it yet.. what could we give for protein? I’m breeding mealworms but i heard they’re high in it and that we shouldn’t feed too much. They could eat chicken which i heard isn’t bad... yikes

Their regular food would be enough but if they are going without it you can do canned tuna or cat/dog food, eggs too.

 

[Lickety split]

It sounds like the flock is a learning project for school.

Don't cull a bird you don't yet understand. There's always a reason that explains their behavior. You can't learn if you ship off the chicken or cull her before you've had a good chance to explore what may be going on.

So be patient with this discussion. I think you'll get some good responses and will be able to puzzle through this situation with some suggestions to try. Things you'll want to share:

- Your location and climate (you can just mention the state)
- Do they free range? What's the size of their yard?
- How old are they? All females? Breed?
- Post back here when you've got the coop measurements.
- What's going on with each chicken? Missing feathers, etc.
- How many roosts in the coop? How high off the ground?
- How many food and water stations?

Do you know why your teacher has you measuring out food per chicken, per day? Is this to track feed expenditures?

The chickens are here because it’s agriculture and animal science class! And yeah i’m trying to understand her so we can help her but now i seem to be running out of time y know.. we live in florida and id say the range is.. very inaccurate but maybe 30x 30 ft? Size of a large bedroom and sometimes larger when they escape into the garden, and yes they free range when IM there, i don’t know about others, they might not wanna round them up. Maybe 2 years old??? They’re all hens and they’re red sexlinks. 1 food and water station. They have a roost stick, a board of wood maybe 2-3 ft off the ground, a foot wide. The missing feathers is a mystery. I can’t watch them every sec since they’re at school but they have no butt feathers now and some red areas on their belly, she thinks its from the gravel when they lay in the dirt. I will get back with the coop measurements and pics Friday.. or if my teach can send pics :0!

 

[Lickety split]

Their regular food would be enough but if they are going without it you can do canned tuna or cat/dog food, eggs too.

Ah yes, cooked eggs, i can probably try tuna or whatever is cheaper.