The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: mentalmilly on August 01, 2015, 08:24:11 am
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I have 6 leghorn chicks with 6 light sussex chicks all looked after by my broody hen all treated the same. Now the little watsits have started to bully and beat up the light sussex chicks and they are quite nasty with this. Have had to separate them. Is this normal behaviour for this bred at such an early age? Any info welcome please.
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Leghorns can be quite feisty I find. Never the calmest of birds. Also be careful if putting them in pens with low sides as they will fly and they can get quite high and go quite far. I've had them fly well over my head before. Wing clipping helps. They do calm down after a year or so though and are then generally normally behaved hens. I've got a cockerel who attacks me whenever I go into the run at the moment and stalks me up and down the fence if I walk by. Unfortunately for him, his replacement has just started treading.........