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post #21 of 25
8/7/12 at 3:52pm

look like a black rock hybrid

 

marans crossed with a RIR (slate legs and no feathering)

 

 

 

 

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5 Red Star, 1 Speckledy, 3 Col Blacktails, 3 White Star [Leghorn]  1 Amber Star - All Hybrid Pullets, 1 French Copper Marans - Roo, 2 Lavender Araucanas - Roos, 3 Cream Legbars - 2 Pullets & 1 Roo

 

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post #22 of 25
8/8/12 at 6:11am
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look like a black rock hybrid

 

marans crossed with a RIR (slate legs and no feathering)

 

 

 

 

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wow they look like Polly and Attila. (my chickens.) So, what eggs to they lay and all that?

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post #23 of 25
8/8/12 at 6:17am

I've never had a hen try to mount another hen, though from what you described it sounds like they were only fighting (pecking order thing), because the aggressor will go for the back of the head/neck.

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post #24 of 25
8/8/12 at 6:28am
I've seen a dominant hen mount a non-dominant hen (including vent touching) in a flock that did not have a dominant rooster. It is purely dominant behavior. It does not mean she is bent or warped. It means she is the boss.

That dominant hen continued to do it right in front of a young rooster to show she was still dominant over him. He would not interfere. But once he matured enough to take over the flock, if she tried it in front of him, he would knock her off and mount her. And she would squat for him.
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post #25 of 25
8/8/12 at 8:53am
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I've seen a dominant hen mount a non-dominant hen (including vent touching) in a flock that did not have a dominant rooster.

I have a hen that does this occasionally, in my currently roo-less flock.

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