Junia, Wendell, Origen, etc :-)

[adrikeen]

Welcome to BYC and congrats on the baby on the way and the new chickens!!! Glad to have ALL of you join our flock!

 

[drumstick diva]

Aggressive chickens can be very harmful to children, since they are closer to the ground, and easier to spur.

 

[Pork Pie]

Welcome to BYC. This link may be interesting: Feather pecking

Good luck

 

[Cyprus]

Can you include a picture of each bird?

 

[feathermaid]

Sounds like you've got a pretty flock! I'm also wondering like some others here if Junia may be not be a "she." As a leghorn breed, I'm thinking should be laying by now... and at this age, is usually when cockerels start asserting some dominance and attacking people. Post a new thread with a picture of your bird here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/what-breed-or-gender-is-this.15/
just to make sure you've got a pullet. Either way, a good trick to get chickens to stop pecking or chasing you is to hold and carry them around often. This makes them see you more as leader not to be messed with. My little girl carries our chickens around all over!

As for Daisy Mae, she could be top of the pecking order wanting to maintain her place, or she might be a bully. Pecking is normal behavior but feather picking may be a sign of stress, parasites or lack of protein. Are you certain Daisy Mae is the only one that pulled Fluffy's feather out? If by any chance Junia is a cockerel he could be overmating one chicken which causes that type of feather loss and Daisy could just be pecking that area because she looks different (just throwing out ideas). Otherwise you could try separating her, or the picked-on one for a while. This article may offer some insight: Chicken Bully/Chicken Victim

What is the salt in the water for? I've only heard of adding apple cider vinegar to their water. Or could be used to keep water from freezing in winter, or a homemade electrolyte with sugar & baking soda also added: https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/electrolyte-drink.html Oh, if you're not already feeding a layer feed, you need to be offering a separate container of oyster shell to provide the additional calcium their bodies need to produce eggs.

Best wishes in your new chicken adventure!

 

[feathermaid]

Welcome to BYC. This link may be interesting: Feather pecking

Good luck

@Pork Pie I noticed your link is not working...
I wanted to read it!

 

[Pork Pie]

@Pork Pie I noticed your link is not working...
I wanted to read it!

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. This should work

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...feather-pecking-eating.1148824/#post-17956084

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[N F C]

Thanks for joining us, best wishes!

 

[rebeccabrown72]

No advice; a lot of these problems should settle down as they mature ( ) but Origen? As in the scholar?

Haha, yep!