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Anonymous
My dad was given 2 pairs of Serama about 2 years ago and they've since passed on - however we still have a crapload of them.Almost a dozen hens and about 5 roosters (they more around a lot and I don't visit very often so they're a bit hard to count).

Anyway up until this year chicks were reasonably plentiful even if weather conditions didn't always allow them to grow to adult size.
This month 2 chicks have hatched.They're about a week old now.Very adorable and we're happy to have chicks in the henhouse.

However this morning we witnessed (belatedly) a rather shocking display of agression as several hens and some of the roosters got together and tore apart a newly hatched chick.

The other 2 older chicks are fine the mother hen kept them protected (the one that was torn apart was not one of her's)but we're still puzzled about this behaviour.Serama are meant to be well tempered birds.

They're well fed so we don't feel that's an issue but when it comes to chicken social interaction we're somewhat lacking.

The coop isn't terribly crowded yet and as far as we know this has never happened before (most chicks simply die and are left alone or many of the eggs simply don't hatch).

Any thoughts folks?We're out of ideas.
>> Anonymous
Sometimes if a chick's just not "right" to the other adults, that'll happen.

I've actually got five three-week old Rhode Island Reds living in a large rabbit cage in the living room to keep them safe until they're big enough to introduce to the rest of our adults. Black rat snake got one of them before they were moved. Sigh.
>> Anonymous
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>>43830
Ah thanks.
That's so sad.
It's hard to get hold of them tho.This happened pretty much immediately.
They ate the whole thing there was nothing left!
Did that happen to you too or did they simply kill it and leave it?
>> Anonymous
Probably not enough protein in their diet. Give them some worms, grubs and kittens.
>> Anonymous
you have to seperate the agressive chickens. Also cutting the tips of thier beaks off and clipping thier nails will help too.