Hens keep fighting..?

[jllracer55]

Any idea why in recent days when I let our girls out to free range several of them extend their necks at each other to stand up tall and then start fighting? Is this a pecking order issue or something else??

 

[Fishkeeper]

That sounds kinda like a rooster thing.
How old are they?
How sure are you that they're hens?
Pics?

 

[Roo5]

What’s the ages?

 

[jllracer55]

Ages are all over, but the ones that seem to do it the most are the oldest ones at 3 years. I thought it seemed like something roosters did/do but yes I am certain they are hens.

 

[Roo5]

What are breeds, can we get pictures?Can you get picture of action?

 

[Roo5]

Sounds like anpekcing order rearrangement.

 

[jllracer55]

This is an old image but the original 6 of which several do this.. I should have taken a video of it, one day it was 3 of them and then they started pecking each others heads and one jumped on top of the other..never seen this kind of behavior in the past.

 

[Fishkeeper]

That's not so much a picture as a blurcture. Hard to make out enough details to tell if one is a sneaky roo or not.

How big is the coop? The run?

Have you changed anything recently?

 

[Roo5]

All appear to be red sexlink females.Sounds like it’s just them possibly readjusting the order.
Could be a space issue, what are they being fed?Have you added any new birds in the recent weeks/months?

 

[keesmom]

It's also spring (if you're in the northern hemisphere) so hormones are also kicking in.