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What is Smokey's Syndrome?
Smokey's Syndrome is a condition that some "teenage" chickens may develop, the only symptom being somewhat aggressive and unprovoked biting.
Is it dangerous?
Not necessarily, as they aren't really attacking, so to say, just biting a bit harder than normal.
My cockerel is biting me like this. Does this mean they're aggressive?
Just biting isn't exactly a sign of aggressiveness, so here are some signs that your rooster is actually aggressive:
- Raising of the neck feathers (hackles)
- Kicking
- Flying at you
So, what is Smokey's Syndrome?
It's when a rooster's curious bites (Biting or pecking to investigate something) are a bit more aggressive than usual. If the rooster isn't showing any of the signs above, he's not actually aggressive, he's just curious.
Who coined the term?
Me. The name comes from my Jersey Giant cross rooster, Smokey. As a cockerel he did bite like I said, but he's never been aggressive and just been a really great rooster overall.
Does Smokey's Syndrome carry into adulthood?
On rare occasions, yes. The rest of the time, no. Usually Smokey's Syndrome will dissipate as the young cockerel matures, stopping around the age of 1 year old.
Can hens develop it?
Yes, but it's a lot rarer.
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Have you seen this in your chickens? Do you have a name for it? If so, let me know! I'd like to hear about other people's experiences with this.
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End Notes: This is not an official chicken disease or anything, it's just me yapping about some random thing I've seen. As a matter of fact, it's not even bad. Maybe I went a little overboard, as it's literally just baby roosters curiously biting a little harder than normal.
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Thanks for reading the whole thing lol, I appreciate it.
Smokey's Syndrome is a condition that some "teenage" chickens may develop, the only symptom being somewhat aggressive and unprovoked biting.
Is it dangerous?
Not necessarily, as they aren't really attacking, so to say, just biting a bit harder than normal.
My cockerel is biting me like this. Does this mean they're aggressive?
Just biting isn't exactly a sign of aggressiveness, so here are some signs that your rooster is actually aggressive:
- Raising of the neck feathers (hackles)
- Kicking
- Flying at you
So, what is Smokey's Syndrome?
It's when a rooster's curious bites (Biting or pecking to investigate something) are a bit more aggressive than usual. If the rooster isn't showing any of the signs above, he's not actually aggressive, he's just curious.
Who coined the term?
Me. The name comes from my Jersey Giant cross rooster, Smokey. As a cockerel he did bite like I said, but he's never been aggressive and just been a really great rooster overall.
Does Smokey's Syndrome carry into adulthood?
On rare occasions, yes. The rest of the time, no. Usually Smokey's Syndrome will dissipate as the young cockerel matures, stopping around the age of 1 year old.
Can hens develop it?
Yes, but it's a lot rarer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Have you seen this in your chickens? Do you have a name for it? If so, let me know! I'd like to hear about other people's experiences with this.
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
End Notes: This is not an official chicken disease or anything, it's just me yapping about some random thing I've seen. As a matter of fact, it's not even bad. Maybe I went a little overboard, as it's literally just baby roosters curiously biting a little harder than normal.
^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^
Thanks for reading the whole thing lol, I appreciate it.
