It's true, I hate my chick :(

[bellz15]

Does anyone think that raising roosters in a flock might work like African Cichlids? Only a few and you end up with one, many and they are so busy they all live. Give them a place to hide and they will all fight for it till you have one. I have my second batch of chicks arriving for about 60 birds, I think 5 roosters were ordered, plus the 10% mistakes on the layer rainbow basket assortments. That will probably bring it up to 8 roosters.

I'd make an entirely new forum post for this, you'll have an easier time finding people who can help. I mean I thought cichlids were fish..

 

[Manhen]

I'd make an entirely new forum post for this, you'll have an easier time finding people who can help. I mean I thought cichlids were fish..

They are, aggressive and beautiful ones. Doctor's offices with a tank of rainbow assorted fish are probable cichlids. The "Oscar" is an American Cichlid. By the by, a blue gill will tear apart any tropical fish.....not that I would like that.

 

[Shadrach]

How sure are you that that is a female? At six weeks you might be able to tell. Could you post photos showing the head up close, mainly comb and wattles. Also a profile shot showing legs and posture.

Pffftt, that's it, if it's bad behavior it must be a male.....................

 

[bellz15]

They are, aggressive and beautiful ones. Doctor's offices with a tank of rainbow assorted fish are probable cichlids. The "Oscar" is an American Cichlid. By the by, a blue gill will tear apart any tropical fish.....not that I would like that.

I've done marine but never tropical (weird way to go around it, I know). I've got two clowns a blue tang and a pair of humbug damsel fish I'm not sure fish logic translates to chickens but I think if you don't have hens around roosters would potentially be okay together, need plenty of distance from the hens I imagine

 

[Acre4Me]

They are young, and are prey animals, so will respond accordingly such as not being friendly, cautious, run away, scream. Also, wired for flock dynamics, so as another mentioned, could be the dominant pullet. Personalities do change once they begin to lay-usually they settle down. Definitely get another feeder and waterer - she can’t patrol both feeders/waterers, particularly if they are spaced well apart.

Good luck

 

[MomJones]

I'm raising 3 chicks, two wyandottes and a wellsummer, they're all about 6 weeks right now. I've spent HEAPS of time with them, nearly an hour or more most days for 5 weeks straight. The wyandottes are extremely sweet, loving and comfortable with me. They're also polite and happily feed side by side. The wellsummer however is a tyrant. She jumps on the other two, pushes them off perches and shoves them out of the way of food (my poor gold laced gives up trying) . She hates me, making a scene if I so much as go close. She tries to peck me in the eye regularly and succeeded once, and I swear she looks at me like she wants me to burn in the fiery pits of hell.

She's always been like this, but I treated her for pasty butt at about 2 weeks (it took less than 5 mins) and I'm wondering if she still remembers that and hates me because of it. I've read that wellsummers are extremely friendly and wyandottes are meant to be the bullies. I just keep telling myself 'think of the pretty eggs she'll lay'!

Is it uncommon to get rid of a perfectly good hen because of their turd-ish personality? Will she grow out of it? Thanks in advance.

I had the same issue with several of my Welsummer chicks. Four of them were so aggressive and cannibalistic--just little 3 week old monsters! I put them down humanely after trying everything I could think of to calm their behavior. The remaining 7 Welsummers are now 3 months old and doing great. They are mixed in with about 16 other birds. But they have not shown any particularly friendly traits as of yet. Not mean, just standoffish.

 

[MomJones]

They are young, and are prey animals, so will respond accordingly such as not being friendly, cautious, run away, scream. Also, wired for flock dynamics, so as another mentioned, could be the dominant pullet. Personalities do change once they begin to lay-usually they settle down. Definitely get another feeder and waterer - she can’t patrol both feeders/waterers, particularly if they are spaced well apart.

Good luck

 

[aart]

Does anyone think that raising roosters in a flock might work like African Cichlids? Only a few and you end up with one, many and they are so busy they all live.

I just read a rooster post that posited this very same theory.

I have put in so many hours

Yeah, we plan and the chickens laugh, or bite.

I had a pair of Lt Brahma chicks that never settled when handled, back when I was handling chicks regularly...they would just keep screaming.
Low and behold one day, at about 3-4 months of age, one came up to me and wanted to be touched, she walked onto the nest perch and over right next to where I was standing. I touched her chest, neck, beak, head...and she just stood there, so I picked her up and continued petting her then put her down and she just sauntered away totally unafraid. She continued to walk up to me to be picked up and petted for a few months, then got over it, but was always calm when handled. The other one would do the same but to much lesser degree. When it was time to rotate them out of the flock, I sold them as pets to a family with young kids instead of eating them.

 

[Keeperofmunchkins]

The first time I had a silkie pullet she was not what I had hoped for in the personality department. She was very timid and skittish and would peck me if I had to go in the coop near her. I was so disappointed because everyone has such good things to say about silkies, and she looked so adorable too!

After she started laying she only got more bold at pecking me if she thought i was too near her. I ended up rehoming her after she got in a fight with my serama hen through some chicken wire that left my serama's comb looking like a unicorn horn.

I would say wait and see if maturity changes her for the better, but if you really aren't happy it is easy to rehome pullets. There are too many lovely natured chickens out there to put up with one that you don't like, especially when you have so few chickens. That's just my opinion.

 

[bellz15]

Pffftt, that's it, if it's bad behavior it must be a male.....................

Lol

I just read a rooster post that posited this very same theory.

Yeah, we plan and the chickens laugh, or bite.

I had a pair of Lt Brahma chicks that never settled when handled, back when I was handling chicks regularly...they would just keep screaming.
Low and behold one day, at about 3-4 months of age, one came up to me and wanted to be touched, she walked onto the nest perch and over right next to where I was standing. I touched her chest, neck, beak, head...and she just stood there, so I picked her up and continued petting her then put her down and she just sauntered away totally unafraid. She continued to walk up to me to be picked up and petted for a few months, then got over it, but was always calm when handled. The other one would do the same but to much lesser degree. When it was time to rotate them out of the flock, I sold them as pets to a family with young kids instead of eating them.

wow! That’s quite amazing potentially wishful thinking on my part but I’d love if she mellows out when she’s a little older.