How intense is your pecking order?

[SkyAJK]

I hope they come to some sort of an agreement!

I do not intervene because the pecking Apple gets is a couple of gentle pecks, not horrible pecks like Apple gives other. Might be the older hen is telling Apple to behave.

Me too, I do hope Apple gets it and the older hen stops pecking at her.

I feel a bit worry because it is not normal for Apple to sit quietly by herself, that is just not her style Anyway, no injure and not heavy pecking

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I do not intervene because the pecking Apple gets is a couple of gentle pecks, not horrible pecks like Apple gives other. Might be the older hen is telling Apple to behave.

Me too, I do hope Apple gets it and the older hen stops pecking at her.

I feel a bit worry because it is not normal for Apple to sit quietly by herself, that is just not her style Anyway, no injure and not heavy pecking

If Apple were a human, I'd say her pride is wounded!

 

[Bawkbok]

Apple is a beautiful girl. I didn't realize they got so large.
Reading this makes me think of the lonely girl on the playground.....hopefully it will all work out. I guess the pecking order is re-establishing itself.

 

[McChooky]

I 100% agree with you. What I can't figure out is why...

Their pen isn't amazing, but it's certainly sufficient. I see someone else with 30 bantams in a 10x30 that's filled with sterile sand, and they maybe have a branch to jump on. All the birds seem happy as clams. I'd say mine have it pretty good in comparison.

These are some of the most anxious birds I've dealt with. They exhibited stress behaviors right out of the shipping box (which was delayed by a day). We got cochin bantams because many claimed they were docile and easy to handle, but that has not been our experience. 2 out of 6 are pretty good, and - surprise, surprise - the ones that are not are the same ones causing drama.

This is our plan for now. We removed a bird that was just out of her gourd with rage. The others are dramatic, but no one's getting hurt.

It's disappointing to watch, but that's what we're going to do. I mentioned in an earlier post that one of the mean girls squatted for me yesterday. She's only 16 weeks old and is the furthest thing from a production breed! Hormones are clearly high.

The only thing I would do different is put the sand box and other platform on the back wall so the run is wider.Narrow runs force the chickens to be closer together and increase aggression