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    Alpha hen may need to become dinner.

    Since I am not able to create more square footage, do you think adding additional roosts will help?
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    Alpha hen may need to become dinner.

    Thank you for the info. They have not stared molting yet that I am aware of. I just sent my husband out to measure and it is actually 38 sq feet, which is still not enough it sounds like. I will try the higher protein feed and see of we can add more roosts too. We never Intended to have this...
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    Alpha hen may need to become dinner.

    They have free choice of being in the run or in the coop. They are outside almost all day unless it's below freezing.
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    Alpha hen may need to become dinner.

    The coop is 24 sq feet. The run is pretty big. It goes all the way around the coop (converted from an old shed) and extends on either side . they spend their days outside with free choice to go in if they please. I do not have any pictures, but I'll try to snap some today.
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    Alpha hen may need to become dinner.

    She is a year old. They are fed organic layer pellets I believe 16% protein or maybe it's 18%? Also food scraps from our meals. We have 14 hens and 24 square feet.
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    Alpha hen may need to become dinner.

    My RIR alpha hen has become extremely aggressive in the past few weeks. She has completely plucked out all of the butt feathers of one of her fellow flock mates, and I noticed yesterday that another one is now missing all neck feathers and some butt feathers. I also spied her eating a shell free...
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    major swollen booty

    I guess I am not certain then. But the area gets bigger and then smaller, so I assumed that was swelling?
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    major swollen booty

    My maran has a huge swollen area under her bottom. It's soft and doughy to the touch and has no feathers. I did notice other chickens ripping a few feathers out of her too. Any idea whatthis ccould be and how to help her? Thanks .
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    is this egg fertile? I thought i had all hens.

    OK, I must have never noticed before. Thank you.
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    is this egg fertile? I thought i had all hens.

    After cracking a freshly laid egg that I had to pry away from my young layer, I noticed this small circle in the yolk that I had always assumed meant an egg was fertile (from pictures I've seen online.) The problem is that I thought all of my ladies were ladies. If anyone could tell me if this...
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    no feathers on head or neck

    :)
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    beautiful white EE roo 5 weeks Kane co. IL

    Thank you very much!
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    beautiful white EE roo 5 weeks Kane co. IL

    I have a beautiful white EE who i thought was a pullet. Unfortunately I am not allowed to have roosters where I live. Very bummed because he is my favorite and most beautiful! Free to good home. Live in kane county Illinois .
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    EE pullet or roo?

    Thank you. Such a bummer, he is my most beautiful one in the bunch.
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    EE pullet or roo?

    Nevermind, i read a reply wrong. Ok so white one is definitely a roo? When do they start crowing? I need to get rid of him before that happens. Amd also, anyone know how to get rid of one? Any sites?
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