My Nugget started doing The wierdest thing!!
He gets behind a one of the hens and puffs himself up then like pecks her in the head and sort of holds her head down till she squacks like the dickens and runs away!!
I have seen him do this to my smallest hen. As well as some of the ones I consider to be higher up in the pecking order?? They are all the same age, about 15 weeks old. No sign of anyone being close to laying eggs, although the girls have been setting in the nesting boxes. The straw/hay whatever is all matted down but I have not seen any poop in there like other in the forum have talked about. Can anyone tell me if this is "normal" behavior? Should I be concerned? I am worried. I love Nugget but I cannot have him hurting my girls!!!
He gets behind a one of the hens and puffs himself up then like pecks her in the head and sort of holds her head down till she squacks like the dickens and runs away!!
I have seen him do this to my smallest hen. As well as some of the ones I consider to be higher up in the pecking order?? They are all the same age, about 15 weeks old. No sign of anyone being close to laying eggs, although the girls have been setting in the nesting boxes. The straw/hay whatever is all matted down but I have not seen any poop in there like other in the forum have talked about. Can anyone tell me if this is "normal" behavior? Should I be concerned? I am worried. I love Nugget but I cannot have him hurting my girls!!!