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Towards other chicks
Chickens will fight and establish pecking order. For us it's not so fun to watch because it may seem like a lot of fighting but when they are young it's rougher than as they get older. With age the fighting goes to puffing up and posturing, it's all practice right now. Chickens live in a hierarchy. Top hen eats first gets the best goodies and the others move out of the way for her. My top hens in my flock don't hardly peck ever, just walk up and give a low long cluck or posture walk and the others just move out of their way. Age helped them be better and less pushy in their demand to be lead hen. They're learning their manners with each other. If it doesn't get better in a few weeks and the one is still aggressively attacking it will be a different story but it should get better as they decide who is where on the order.
 
Chickens will fight and establish pecking order. For us it's not so fun to watch because it may seem like a lot of fighting but when they are young it's rougher than as they get older. With age the fighting goes to puffing up and posturing, it's all practice right now. Chickens live in a hierarchy. Top hen eats first gets the best goodies and the others move out of the way for her. My top hens in my flock don't hardly peck ever, just walk up and give a low long cluck or posture walk and the others just move out of their way. Age helped them be better and less pushy in their demand to be lead hen. They're learning their manners with each other. If it doesn't get better in a few weeks and the one is still aggressively attacking it will be a different story but it should get better as they decide who is where on the order.
Yeah it was just weird to me because I read that salmon are usually on the bottom of the pecking order. If it is female, I guess she is an exception. Here are more photos
 

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Yeah it was just weird to me because I read that salmon are usually on the bottom of the pecking order. If it is female, I guess she is an exception. Here are more photos
Having a sweet tempered bird as the lead is not a bad things because it will give the others the example on what is acceptable behavior. This one could be bullied and trying to put themselves up the totem. See these front on I see less wattle than the other pics which leans closer to pullet. In a few weeks the feathers will really be easy to see and point out. I do know the excitement of wanting to know their gender as soon as you can. I had a wyandotte my kids named little man... well.. she's little ma'am now.. 🤣
 
Having a sweet tempered bird as the lead is not a bad things because it will give the others the example on what is acceptable behavior. This one could be bullied and trying to put themselves up the totem. See these front on I see less wattle than the other pics which leans closer to pullet. In a few weeks the feathers will really be easy to see and point out. I do know the excitement of wanting to know their gender as soon as you can. I had a wyandotte my kids named little man... well.. she's little ma'am now.. 🤣
Lol that’s cute.
 
It’s waddle is coming in. It’s a little older than my others so it’s waddle would develop earlier anyway, but I feel like it’s confirmation. I’ll have to switch him with a female.
 

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He is aggressive towards me now. Pecks me whenever I try to grab him or one of the girls. These new feathers prove anything?
 

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