Psychotic Chicks. Tell me about temperment...

[rhetoric]

I gave 23 of our eggs to a friend and schoolteacher who hatched 20 of them! They are purebred RIRs and RIR mutts w/ either brahma, black star, or ? They are all, of course, simply lovely, except for the fact that they are the most uptight, angry, active, boisterous, roostery acting chicks on the planet. They are only 3 weeks, so I have no idea if they are roosters but they sure act like it. Any chance that the gender ratio is not 50/50 w/ chickens and these are acting spazzy because so many are male? Or maybe they are just possessed.

 

[Karlachix]

It's most likely 50/50 but you know they're always exceptions to the rule (like families that have 10 children - all girls.) Perhaps some soothing music?

 

[SeramaLife]

I have had 75% of chicks be roosters before.

 

[JennsPeeps]

My RIR didn't - and still doesn't - like being handled, even as a chick. It could be a breed thing more than a gender issue.

 

[cmom]

My RIR's don't necessarily like to be handled but will let me pick them up.

 

[chicken master]

All debbies will fight each other for pecking order ranks ecsspecilly when their young male and female. I have hatched hundreds of rir's and they all fight.

 

[hlyndes]

I had had both happen - a boisterous breed and also the unfortunate luck of a group of boys a different time. Good luck!