Okay. So I'm really upset. For the past week, Jasmine...
...has turned aggressive toward her human family. When I reach to pet her, as I always have done, I get a good bite! For the past couple days, I have been asserting myself back at her. If she bites, I poke her very hard in the breast with a firm loud "NO". She will then fluff herself up and strike back with another bite to which I stand my ground and poke back firmly with another "NO". This has gone on at times for several minutes. Today she was really standing firm and I ultimately wound up standing and kicking her. She is the lowest on the pecking order (or at least used to be. I'll have to watch to confirm that that is still so), and has always been the sweetest of our little flock of 3. We don't have a rooster. Is what I'm doing with her the right thing to do? I figure that I'm trying to establish to her that "I" am the top hen and she must submit. It doesn't seem to be working though as she bites myself or my girls anytime we try to pet her. She does not exhibit aggression toward the other 2 hens. She and her sisters are 24 weeks old. None of our hens have begun to lay yet. Being that they are at 24 weeks, could the fact that egg laying is not far behind be a reason?
Please help. This behavior has only "just" surfaced and if at all possible, I really want to nip it in the bud.
What should I do??
~Kelly~
✿My Country Chronicles Blog✿
...has turned aggressive toward her human family. When I reach to pet her, as I always have done, I get a good bite! For the past couple days, I have been asserting myself back at her. If she bites, I poke her very hard in the breast with a firm loud "NO". She will then fluff herself up and strike back with another bite to which I stand my ground and poke back firmly with another "NO". This has gone on at times for several minutes. Today she was really standing firm and I ultimately wound up standing and kicking her. She is the lowest on the pecking order (or at least used to be. I'll have to watch to confirm that that is still so), and has always been the sweetest of our little flock of 3. We don't have a rooster. Is what I'm doing with her the right thing to do? I figure that I'm trying to establish to her that "I" am the top hen and she must submit. It doesn't seem to be working though as she bites myself or my girls anytime we try to pet her. She does not exhibit aggression toward the other 2 hens. She and her sisters are 24 weeks old. None of our hens have begun to lay yet. Being that they are at 24 weeks, could the fact that egg laying is not far behind be a reason?
Please help. This behavior has only "just" surfaced and if at all possible, I really want to nip it in the bud.
What should I do??
~Kelly~
✿My Country Chronicles Blog✿
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