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In the Brooder
I have 12 hens now and one named Willow grew spurs. I noticed she started growing spurs when she was about 18 weeks old around the time she started to lay eggs. She is a year old now, is an Easter Egger and lays beautiful blue eggs for me. She was the sweetest baby chick but the past last few months she has been so mean to her sisters. At first I was assuming she was taking on as the rooster but she is just being mean now. She has been chasing them and holds onto their neck feathers as the run away from her. She seems to favor picking on one specific chicken more than the others. She has no signs of molting. I am thinking of maybe separating her from the group and then reentering her after the pecking order is restarted. Or maybe getting rid of her all together. I am planning on removing or trimming her spurs. But do not think that will help much with her bad attitude. I have seen her be mean to all the chickens except for three of them because they must’ve made sure she knew they were higher ranked than her. No one has any evidence of her really hurting them. But you can tell when I put the chickens in for the night the one she picks on the most does not want to go in the coop. I feel so bad for her. Any advice or ideas of what I could do with my cranky Willow? I added photos of her and her growing spurs.