My 3 week-old BRs and five week-old MWs have begun a strange behavior. One will sidle up to another, stand up as tall as it can and circle around the other, almost herding it. It does this a few times, and sometimes the one being circled will join in the strange dance. Then the one who started things will squat down low. What is this? Establishment of dominance?
Also, the MWs have begun biting at our toes and fingers. What is the proper way to discourage this? (Those little beaks are SHARP!) One of them is losing neck fuzz. I'm not seeing her (?) friend picking on her, but there isn't anyone else who could be doing it. (The BR's are being brooded in another brooder for another week or two, till they get to be a similar size. They do run around -- and try to fly -- the uncarpeted areas of our house together for a bit each day for exercise, but are supervised.)
Also, the MWs have begun biting at our toes and fingers. What is the proper way to discourage this? (Those little beaks are SHARP!) One of them is losing neck fuzz. I'm not seeing her (?) friend picking on her, but there isn't anyone else who could be doing it. (The BR's are being brooded in another brooder for another week or two, till they get to be a similar size. They do run around -- and try to fly -- the uncarpeted areas of our house together for a bit each day for exercise, but are supervised.)
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