Hens are attacking each other

[CKfarm22]

Yesterday my almost 2 year old Cream Legbar attacked my 20wk old speckled sussex which i know is normal… and by attack i mean, she grabbed her back feathers and pinned her down and was pecking at her….

But today my other almost 2 year old cream legbar (Chip) attacked my other 2year old cream legbar (yellow chicken) and did the same thing…. these 2 girls have been living together since they were chicks, and they never done this…

Is this normal?

 

[Tonyroo]

Pinning down a chicken is not normal unless your a rooster. I'm assuming your aggressive hen is getting stressed out with your new flock dynamic for the coop.

 

[CKfarm22]

Pinning down a chicken is not normal unless your a rooster. I'm assuming your aggressive hen is getting stressed out with your new flock dynamic for the coop.

I’m not sure, she’s never done this, they’ve been civil for a while now…

 

[Tonyroo]

It looks like she's setting the pecking order, becareful of her method she can take an eye out in that position.

 

[Isadora]

Doesn't look too bad to me. Looks like basic dominance behavior.

 

[tlcmurphy]

My daughters do that and they’ve been together for 16 years

 

[CKfarm22]

It looks like she's setting the pecking order, becareful of her method she can take an eye out in that position.

that’s what i was afraid of….. i don’t want the eye being pecked at

 

[CKfarm22]

My daughters do that and they’ve been together for 16 years

LOLLLLL

 

[CKfarm22]

Doesn't look too bad to me. Looks like basic dominance behavior.

Chip is the most easy going chicken though she’s never done this. Yellow chicken is the most dominant out of the group.

 

[3KillerBs]

How many chickens do you have and how big, in feet or inches, is the coop and run?

Do you have sufficient "clutter" for the subordinate birds to get away from the dominant ones?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-cluttered-run.1323792/

Has anything changed in your flock situation recently?