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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Pretty Chick on July 13, 2010, 12:57

Title: Why are they behaving like it???
Post by: Pretty Chick on July 13, 2010, 12:57

We have two 3 week old chicks.
I've just been down to them and they flew at each other, banged chests and then continued to eat their chick crumbs. They weren't being vicious, just puffed themselves out and banged chests. They normally get along very well.

What does this mean?

Are they both cockerels and were fighting?

1 hen and 1 cockerel?  

or maybe (hopefully) 2 hens?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Why are they behaving like it???
Post by: GrannieAnnie on July 13, 2010, 13:09

Hi Pretty Chick!  don't worry, all my chicks do that, whether they are boys or girls!  They are play fighting, just practising for when they are bigger!!   :)

Title: Re: Why are they behaving like it???
Post by: Pretty Chick on July 13, 2010, 16:28

Thank you GrannieAnnie, that's a relief as I thought they could both be cockerels who were starting to fight  :)

Title: Re: Why are they behaving like it???
Post by: ehs284 on July 13, 2010, 21:18

This is interesting. We have two young Welsummers which do this as a sort of greeting when they've been apart. It's clearly not aggressive. None of our other birds do it.