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Having watched Pingu's behaviour with the girls he seemed to be more frisky in the morning than later in the day and at his worst when I open the coop door in the morning. so when he first comes out of the coop I put him into the isolation hutch with the doors pushed to but not secured. It takes...

This is Pingu now. I have introduced the four new girls to the original 5 with no real problems. The four newbies stay clear of the others the majority of the time. I introduced Pingu and all hell broke loose with him trying, quite aggressively, to jump on any hen that came close. He's...

Sounds like it will be an interesting Christmas break. I'll let you know how it goes.

I think I will. My only concern is how Daphne and Bess will take being jumped on by a randy Rooster having had no previous experience of it at all and being mature hens.

Hi, thanks for your reply. I think he's a mixed breed with some barred rock in him maybe? The problem I have is I cant really completely free range him as we have 3 foxes who frequent the garden. They have a fairly large run.

Thank you for your reply. I have in a separate coop/run 5 hens. Daphne, a 2 year old (ex egg farm) Lohman Brown. Bess, a 10 month old Amber Hybrid. Lucky, a 25 week old RIR. Nugget, a 24 week old RIR. Pip, a 24 week old RIR. The RIR hens are not yet in lay. My aim was to merge...

Pingu - a week old. F Pingu - now fully feathered. Pingu - on the left with Coco, Sooty and Tilly. Pingu - out in the run at 12 weeks. Pingu is now 20 weeks and HUGE! (I will add a pic of him later) He lives with hens Coco, Sooty, Belle and Etta, all the same age as him...