My aggressive chicken

[RedDrgn]

I didn't have a problem with nail polish until I tried Green. They love me, but if they see the green polish they bite hard and tear the skin. No more green polish

They probably thought that your toes has delicious leafy greens on them!

 

[chickens 4 ever]

HAHHAHAHHAHA! Lol your really funny

 

[chickens 4 ever]

Awwww!

 

[chickens 4 ever]

MY CHICKEN IS ALL BETTER! I can kiss her without her biting me!!!!!!! YAYAYAAAAAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYA

 

[JerseyWooly]

I don't have suggestions, but I can certainly identify. I have two chickens. I hand raised them in the house. They did not even go outside until they were almost a year old. When they were about two, one of them (not the alpha hen) suddenly became very aggressive to me. One day she was fine, one day not. It got progressively worse. Now they are four years old, and this chicken will run, quickly, and pass food and water, just to attack me. She will peck my foot as hard as she can, she will approach me with her head high and sometimes jump up and try to scratch my leg.

It should be noted that she is NOT curious or just seeing if my foot is food. She is attacking me. She does not do this with my wife, or my son. And the other chicken doesn't do this either. This kills me. I love these chickens and yet I have no idea why suddenly one turned on me. I have been on these and other boards and gotten a number of suggestions. On those suggestions, I have taken the time to pick her up and carry her around for a few minutes a day for a few months with no change (even now, if I pick her up, she stops her aggression, assuming I can catch her). I have also tried to "peck" her back on suggestion. If she pecked me, I would hold her down and mock-peck her lightly with a finger. No difference.

So I can't help you, but I can say to many people trying to explain away this behavior as only perceived aggression that this is real aggression. I just don't know why or how to stop it.

 

[chickens 4 ever]

I know! It is really sad when a chicken u love just turns right on you! I have tried all that and it does work. When she goes threw these fazes she has a weird bok! Does that have something to do with it?

 

[shez84]

Not sure if this is closed now or if anyone can help, my hen is 9 months old and she doesn't attack me but she has just started attack her sister, she just puffs up and charges at her and jumps on her, pecks and bites her comb and her sister doesn't fight back, she has always been with her sister and both were hand raised in my house, always got on and suddenly she is aggressive, she is laying and healthy, seems happy, eating etc when I put her to bed she doesn't perch she goes where she lays and puffs up and shouts at me if I go near her but never pecks me, don't think she broody as once lays she leaves eggs, any ideas why she suddenly attacking her sister ?? It's horrible to see she's given her a few cuts, drawn a bit of blood she has always been dominant one and her sister has never challenged the pecking order, she just seems scared and puffs up and attacks her when she sees her it's odd, any help much appreciated, if this thread/forums not closed!