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    reintroducing an injured hen to her flock

    Okay...Norman the rooster went to a wonderful farm for breeding. Spent last night reintroducing Viola (the injured hen) to her flock; by all accounts, you wouldn't know she has spent the last weeks seeing, but isolated from, the rest. All went really well for quite some time and she entered...
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    reintroducing an injured hen to her flock

    thank you. I am trying the crate option now and will give that some time. Most of the hens did not attack her so I am hoping, with time, she can be reintegrated. Still trying to resolve the Norman (rooster) issue, he may have to take up residence elsewhere. He picks (pecks) on all of them...
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    reintroducing an injured hen to her flock

    Thank you. It is storming here today, so I will wait to put her crate out there with them. I am willing to invest any time it takes.
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    reintroducing an injured hen to her flock

    thank you so much. She was in for a supervised visit today; unfortunately, I let them get too close to her and she flew out of my arms. I will start over with the crate in the coop and go from there. Thanks again.
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    reintroducing an injured hen to her flock

    Please, please help! I am a new chicken lover and have been raising 8 hens and a rooster since they were one day old; they are now 12 weeks. Several days ago one of our hens (Viola) was severely injured and was literally scalped. All of her scalp from her beak to her neck was pulled back. We...
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