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    Roosters Fighting

    Oh my! So they can just "turn" I guess I figured if they got along it would generally stay that way. Thanks for letting me know about your roosters. I am glad we were out then when these guys decided to fight.
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    Roosters Fighting

    Yes! I'm going to need it! There have been many conversations and tears. Her solution was to get them each a flock of hens for their own at our house vs rehoming LOL secretly I love the idea but..... LOL
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    Roosters Fighting

    The plan was to keep them in a bachelor flock because the main flock already has a rooster (he's about 2yrs old) and it's a very peaceful flock. I took the 3 out when they started to mate and cause chaos in the main flock. We had hoped to rehome the 3 bachelors but my daughter just loves them...
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    Roosters Fighting

    Ugh... Well I thought life was grand for these guys! I kept him out last night to be safe and tried to see how this morning would be and he went for him straight away so I just snatched him up. I don't want them to duke it out but I also don't want to stop them from doing a normal establishment...
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    Roosters Fighting

    I had three roosters hatch out this past June and they were kept with my main flock (8 hens and one rooster) until they started to want to mate, then I moved the three over to their own coop. That was about the end of Oct. They squabble here and there but it's nothing much and it's not every...
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    2 Shell-less eggs in one day?

    She is beautiful! I had another hen do a shelless egg last week but they are all new layers and since then I haven't had any more and everyone seems just fine. It's good to know that can happen when starting out!
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    Vent Injury? Photos Included (graphic)

    Thankfully we can watch they most of the day tomorrow for pecking! We didn’t see any today so I’m hoping she can heal more. I would say they get 90% from the feed, they don’t get scratch every day and when they do it’s a small handful. Maybe once a week they get a small kitchen scrap. Today they...
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    Vent Injury? Photos Included (graphic)

    The cop itself was custom built for 15 chickens but we only have 8. The run is about 20x6 feet and they get a few hours outside each day supervised. They eat Cluck Co Organic Layer Feed and they get the same brand of scratch grain. A bowl for grit and a bowl for oyster shells. I’ve never...
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    WEIRD TOP TORN VENT???

    Oh that is so helpful thank you!! I did an epsom salt this morning for about 10 minutes to clear away poop. So I will hold on those from now on, thank you! I sprayed it with the vet spray several times today and I put some raw manuka honey on it just because I didn't know what else to do. Her...
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    Vent Injury? Photos Included (graphic)

    This is what I was worried about so thanks for that idea, brilliant!
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    Vent Injury? Photos Included (graphic)

    I *think* the last photo is where there is sand/dirt in the wound. She had a lot of her dust bath debris on here when I picked her up like she hadn't shaken off totally. I will keep an eye that it doesn't end up being maggots though so thanks for mentioning it. It really does look like they...
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    WEIRD TOP TORN VENT???

    Oh that is so good to hear!! I'm hoping my little girl will be resilient too! I'll attach my photos.
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    2 Shell-less eggs in one day?

    Thank you all so much! So far she has only had one or two other soft ones and the rest all seem to be normal. Plus she is acting just fine. I think maybe just working out the kinks of laying!
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    WEIRD TOP TORN VENT???

    How did your girl do? I am dealing with a vent injury as well, not exactly like yours but I am not sure what to expect....
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    Vent Injury? Photos Included (graphic)

    Hi friends! Two days ago my flock had a big scare from something in the yard, there was nothing I could see, I very was close by. One of my pullets (26 weeks old) tried to escape through a panel fence and was "stuck" there. When I came over to her there were feathers all over. I picked her up...
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