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[lounut]

hello,

 

does anyone know why a hen would suddenly start mounting others as if she is a cockerel??? she is the lowest in the pecking order too which is why im suddenly surprised to see her doing this.

 

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[tidygirlsuk]

I have read about this sort of behaviour before. It stated that this can happen with no cockerel present.

[Jules.]

My Buzz does this. She only started to do so after her first moult this winter. If I catch her at it I try to go & press her down like a cockerel would, but most of the time I leave her to it.

It does look strange, but as long as my other hens don't come to any harm then there's not much for me to do about it.

[Egluntyne]

It is all to do with establishing dominance and isn't that unusual.

[lounut]

thankyou all for all your feedback, im glad to hear that it sounds quite normal and its probably a dominence thing but , im really surprised that its the little one whos always bottom of the pile and wouldnt usually say boo to a goose?? bless her x x