Whose at the bottom of your pecking order

[jojo54]

Lulu, the lame runt. She used to live with the other girls when it was warmer and she could hobble away and hide but she wasn't getting much food so we separated her and she is basically a house chicken. When the weather is nice she goes out in the front instead of the back with the rest. She has her limits to how much "GREAT OUTDOORS" she will take depending on the amount of sun she can find. If it is cloudy or windy she hop/flies/jumps up the stairs waiting to come in and sit in her warm corner where she coos and purrs.

 

[LittleFeat]

I don't think mine have a bottom of the pecking order and so far no one is really ruling the roost either. Maisie (BO) seems to be "top dog" maybe and seeing her chase my big ol' cat Callie across the yard, she's probably boss, but then she could have just liked that Callie is the same color as she and thought hey another "Maisie"! At one time Frisbee my little EE seemed to be on the bottom but I don't see much sign of that anymore. They all get along pretty good and switch around on the higher roost too. There's usually 3 on the highest and 2 on the next one down but it isn't the same mix. They are 18 weeks old.

 

[backdoorchicken]

sometimes i think it's me that's at the bottom

 

[ND Sue]

Pixie and Bufforp89, I just posted twins to your chickens that are my bottom of the pecking order in another topic I just started asking everyones opinions on the age of my cochin.

Pixie, my little red hen has orange/yellow ears and looks like yours too. What kind is yours? Must be what mine is too! My white cochin is my fav and she and her little red friend are the bullied ones, poor things. They are both really sweet.

 

[jwchicklady]

the BO that i got free from somebody and tried to mix her in with my original flock--she still really isn't well integrated into the flock. I have to feed her separately at times--the bottom hen of my original flock picks on her all the time--she probably wants to make sure that she isn't at the absolute bottom of the order. I am getting 6 new hens tomorrow, so after quarantine, it will be interesting to see if they integrate into the flock.

 

[pixie74943]

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Do you mean the little red in this picture? Because Mine is a crossbred ISA Brown (Rhode Island Red x Rhode Island White), however, yours have dark tail feathers, whereas mine is white. I THINK you may have a New Hampshire Red, but I'm not sure.

 

[werecatrising]

Buffy, my favorite, is. Everyone was fine until they hit laying age, then they all turned on her. She spends most of her time with the dog now.

 

[bukbugack]

It's Chestnut, my bantam wheaten EE. When everyone is eating, she always slinks around to the other side of the feeder to eat, or, just pretends to go into the coop to lay an egg and pigs out by herself. My current flock is not particularly cruel, though. Nobody really gets bullied.
-Then there's my little silkie, named "the little silkie". She does'nt get pecked at all because she is in her own world and barely engages in official flock activities. She almost does'nt exist as far as the rest of the flock is concerned.

 

[jerseygirl1]

My leghorns are ALWAYS gretting picked on
Wow, your silkies roost? Mine don't

 

[SilverPhoenix]

My silkie hen, Minky, seems to be on the bottom of the totem pole. She's new and doesn't seem to know quite how to cope with such a large and varied flock (she was in with just a few other silkies before I adopted her). She's gradually getting more comfortable, but she's definitely still rather nervous and uncertain. If only she was a bit more confident, I think she'd be happier and everyone would accept her more! I'm hoping she gets the idea soon. In the meantime, she likes to hang out with my crazy hen, The Salula.

These two are right above her in pecking order:

They came from the same person but a different coop. They're still pullets and a bit awkward and uncertain, but they're getting their footing in the flock a bit better than Minky so far.