No, I know its the rooster tearing them up.
And yeah, my first rooster did the same thing to my first hen, tearing up her back. We tried to separate them, but the hen wandered off and got killed by something. For a few months I just had the rooster, and he eventually became aggressive towards...
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Cutting off his spurs won't work, I know that. It is his claws; his spurs aren't even all the way out yet.
I will not be having a big flock, as I only have a family of 3. There would be too many eggs, although we could sell them... I also won't be hatching any eggs...
I have 2 hens, both around 1 year of age, and a rooster who is the same age. He is siblings with one of my hens. He is a Silver-Penciled Plymouth Rock, and his name is Storm.
Before my current "flock," I had 1 hen and 1 rooster. Both my last rooster and my current have been destroying my hens'...