My chickens r stressing me out!

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Hello there and welcome to BYC!
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Yes, when chickens are crammed in, sometime they do go off on each other. And sometimes they have a ton of space and they STILL pick on each other! If you continue to have issues, don't be afraid to cage a meany sometimes when they are most cranky. Pinless peepers work well too. I have had to resort to peepers over the years for aggressive birds that just won't behave. Aggression is common in many flocks. Some people cull the aggressive birds or rehome them. Caging them is an easy option or complete isolation for about a month. The aggressor returns to the flock as if they were a new bird and many times gets knocked down a few notches of the pecking order.

Good luck with your babies and welcome to our flock!
 
Hi Two Crows! I am going to get some of those pinless peepers and try them out on the bullies. I see you need pliers to put them on. How hard is that to do? I imagine you need 2 people to do this?

I have seperated the 2 bullies into one cage together (getting a taste of their own medicine) away from the others. Now I have to leave them there over night but their are roosts in there and luckily for me the weather has been over 0 celcius and it is very safe from predators.

So it is possible for the bullies to change after being isolated? or will they always return to become bullies?

I also have one hen who feels so small and light when I pick her up . . . . kind of worried . . . . .maybe she is just a small hen because her legs are thinner and seem smaller. I hope that's all it is.
 
Hey BantamLover21. My next project will be to get meat rabbits. Is there a rabbit forum? or can I ask questions about rabbits on here?
 

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