What do you do with a crabby chicken?

Do you have a rooster? Roosters take care of such squabbles and keep the peace.

 

Chicken soup.

Seriously, though, she may calm down a bit as she matures.

 

I have also read a lot of posts about "sweet" EE and I have been wondering where they find these sweet birds. None of my EE's have ever been sweet. I never mix juvenile birds that are not the same age with my EE's for that reason. They seem to have a wild streak that makes them go after any weakness. I keep them because they are a tough healthy type of bird that gives me a long productive life and by the time they are mature & integrate into the flock the Roo's keep them in check. My advice is to just be careful to seperate them from other juveniles if they are being to agressive while they are growing.

 

Maybe I am just lucky....I have never had a truly mean EE before. Mercedes is our head hen and she is tough but fair. She doesnt go nuts on them. She will peck at them and put them in their place, but not being mean by any sense of the word. She is friendly towards me and respectful. Esther, is an amazing broody hen who is just a lovebucket of a bird. She often sits in my lap or on my shoulder and preens my hair.

Our other two past EE were a little flighty but not mean by any means...they were very mellow. We have 2 young EE pullets atm, and they are standoffish. Not mean by any means but just shy and flighty. They will not come up to me at all to say hello....the one will take food from me finally but the other just hides from me in the house.

Its strange tho...they were all handled and cuddled the same, guess it must just be the personality of the individiual creature.

 

Your pullet is only 10 weeks old!!
Seriously, give her time to grow up. Many of them go through a "wild phase" when they are young, and turn into perfectly nice chickens. I can't believe some would actually consider culling her at such a young age! Don't evaluate her personality until she has been laying for a while and is really mature. All chickens hate new introductions...

 

Quote:Sounds like great advice to me.

 

Quote:Don't worry about her all of my EEs acted like that until they started laying

 

My EE's were like that at that age, None at 24 wks are the sweetest, even Storm (Cockerel) is sweet and wants to be picked up by me (But then again I did save his live when 2 older cockerels chased him in a yew and plummed him till he was shaking) now I'm his protector I guess. Give them time they are great.