- Jun 2, 2013
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This is going to be pretty long, okay so nugget is the favorite from the flock, when the other hens had chicks they wouldn't mind if nugget was by then but they'll chase any other chicken away, so nugget now has a little bunch of chicks with her the hens were cool with it but all of a sudden they turned on her every chance they get 2 hens try to gang up on her and separate her from her chicks while the 3rd hen goes and trys to kill the chicks!! I would have thought the rooster would try to break them up but he doesn't our other little bantam too trys to break them up but the top roo chases him away and continues to let them fight, I constantly separate them and nugget loves to follow the rooster with her chicks all the time the roster ethier chases her off or the hens try and fight her again nugget is 2nd to top of the pecking order and now they all hate her including the rooster, I put nugget and her chicks with another free ranged flock it consist of 1 roo and 2 hens, nugget hates them so much and she starts fights with them all the time so that dident work out ethier I have her in her own corral with the pgmy goat babies. The goats don't bother her at all. Anyways I was wondering why all of a sudden all the chickens that once loved nugget are Now trying to kill her and her chicks? I never experienced this but then again I'm new to chickens so I hope you guys can help? Thanks, also when nugget decides to kick the chicks out once there 2-3 months old with the flock accept her again because right Now they hate her guts.