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  • Hi,
    I have a year old Columbia rock cross red flock. Just noticed tonight my girls have open and scabbed over wounds under the wings. I knew they’d lost feathers. Gandolf is so nice, but he has 5 favourites that he’s over mating. Could he become more gentle ? Can this work for us? We aren’t hatching eggs, but we love him
    14 hens
    1 rooster
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    By age one, Gandolf probably is what he is. I don't understand sores under the hens' wings, though. Usually mating damage is to the wing shoulders. You can minimize the mating damage by giving Gandalf limited access to the girls. My two roosters generally patrol the exterior of the run, getting a couple hours of access to the hens when I let them out to free range.
    if like to give black electrolyte. but she shouldn't have sugar, I have mollasses, agave, among lemon juice to pick from. thank you for your advice. she's still eating And drinking almost to settled her stomach or to get the junk out of her. she hasn't s!let much :(
    Hi azygous: In your article about the care of bullied chickens the first picture includes a hanging feeder. There is something attached to the feeder...a catchbasin perhaps? What is it? Did you buy or make it? Thanks. Weejo
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