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(13,659 posts) Sat Sep 1, 2018, 09:41 AM Sep 2018

Pet Chickens problem. My daughter got into hobby chickens. [View all]

There were originally four chickens named, General Tso, Nugget, Tender and Fil-a. (Really). No, they won't be eaten when they finish laying.

Anyway, she bought two more and there was trouble introducing them into the cage. Nugget and Tender get along with the new ones. Fil-a and General T fight with the new ones.. The general is the worse offender. He claws at them and pulls out their tail feathers.

My s-i-l demoted the general to Colonel. That hasn't helped. The colonel is now in solitary, in a pen that is next to the other five.

Any thoughts on how to stop the aggressive chicken?

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Pet Chickens problem. My daughter got into hobby chickens. [View all] 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 OP

Rec'd but unable to answer. Corvo Bianco Sep 2018 #1

I prefer the wings! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #3

Thanks Floyd Corvo Bianco Sep 2018 #4

Show it a box of cornflakes! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #2

Throwing in food helps. But that only lasts a couple of minutes. 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #5

Not a treat but a harbinger of things to come if it doesn't get it's act together! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #6

Get rid of the roosters if you have any. procon Sep 2018 #7

Two words jberryhill Sep 2018 #8

if roosters... handmade34 Sep 2018 #9

My grandmother would wring its neck and pop it like a towel and be left holding just its head. tonyt53 Sep 2018 #10

Rose Colored Glasses The River Sep 2018 #11

No roosters involved. 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #12

Any chance you can Bantamfancier Sep 2018 #13

Update. The general was reduced in rank to major. Was then put in solitary confinement in a separate 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #14

You say "he." Is that one a rooster? Tipperary Sep 2018 #15

Again, all are hens. No roosters. 3Hotdogs Sep 2018 #16