juliec Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Hi I witnessed something quite strange today, one of my older ladies Doris (top chicken) appeared to mount one of my younger chickens foghorn leghorn (bottom chicken) in a strange kind of mating behaviour, i was a little taken aback and wondered if any one else had encountered this sort of behaviour with their girls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 It's about domination - unless she is a he? They can sometimes change sex- but that is unusual so I expect she is just trying to be top chook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 In my other post I've mentioned this. One of my Sussexs was doing this to my poor baldy bottomed Legbar. I was told she's dominating her. It looked quite horrible, as she was pecking the back of her neck too. The Legbar is a very nervy mournful creature ( I did that terrible newbie crime of feeling sorry for her, and bringing her home with the others! ) It's settled down a bit now.....hope it does for you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the bradley bunch Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 yep it most probably is about domination. my ex-bat jumped on my new chicks back when they were first introduced in a very unexpected manner! fortunately she only did it once though! hope yours settles down soon & doesn't cause you too much concern! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
