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    Bully hen plus rooster

    Hi. Thanks for you thoughts and questions. 7 birds in total in 400 sq ft of run, but they also go in to a bigger grassy area for part of each day. The bully hen chases the younger hens, prostrates them and pecks. She also guards the pop hole and the food and water. She is not pecking the...
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    Bully hen plus rooster

    Hi. I have a 3 year old bully hen. I've had her for a year and a half and she has always been head hen and a bully. About a year ago I got a pair of rescue cockerels that integrated well with my 4 hens. The bully settled down and all was calm. One of the other 3 hens went broody and I decided to...
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    Will a broody hen take older chicks (two weeks old)?

    Hi everyone! I have an ex battery hen who went broody and sat on eggs which didn't hatch. I got her four day old chicks which she has happily adopted. These chicks are now 2 weeks old. I do volunteer work at the RSPCA and in March adopted 2 bantam roosters that had been brought in. They...
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    red mite infestation - time for a new coop!

    Diamatacious earth - red mite powder - sprinkled liberally over all cracks and crevices in the coop, dust the birds as well at the beginning of the season..... I don't know what happened to our coop. We were away for 9 days, the chickens were also away. We had no problems with mites up to that...
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    red mite infestation - time for a new coop!

    Many thanks!
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    red mite infestation - time for a new coop!

    Hi all, I have returned from a week's holiday, chickens boarded at the kennel, only to find our coop - but not the chickens - are CRAWLING with mites. The infestation is so bad that we want to get rid of this coop and replace it - a new plastic one is on its way. But what can we do with the...
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