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    Rooster vs Hens

    Thank you so much! I honestly felt the same way too but, the integrity of the hen house was at stake and it turned out to be a really good decision for both the hens and the rooster. I am trying to get to a multigenerational flock so that they don’t all stop laying at the same time. We will be...
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    Rooster vs Hens

    Glad to hear your hen bounced back! My girls stopped laying last April out of the blue. I was beside myself trying to figure out what was wrong. No changes to the flock, environment, food, free range schedule, etc. I started to assume that illness was the issue. I started adding vitamins to...
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    Rooster vs Hens

    I get it and I love that for you. I hope your girls live long beautiful lives!! 💜 And your roo too!
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    Rooster vs Hens

    Do you use pellets or crumble? Do you prefer a specific brand?
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    Rooster vs Hens

    I wish you were my neighbor.. you are very kind and I appreciate your insight. 💜 I do see a lot of people in other groups and on this forum talking about having hens that are 8, 9, 10… 18 😳 years old and I thought I was doing something wrong. I spoke with my husband last night and we have a...
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    Rooster vs Hens

    Thank you Mrs. K! I’ve raised my originals from day old chicks. I call them older hens but they are only going to be four. Not sure why they all abruptly stopped laying last April when they had been laying consistently since about 16 weeks. They were our first flock so maybe that’s normal. They...
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    Rooster vs Hens

    He’s a good boy just a bit much for my older hens that have gone years without having a rooster in their flock. Looks like the other hens are starting to submit to him but my dominant hen wants nothing to do with him so she hides from him and is now a bit of a loner. I’m just scared that she’s...
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    Rooster vs Hens

    Thank you so much! 😊
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    Rooster vs Hens

    I think that he is just too much for my older ladies. I know that he will settle down and he is a sweet boy and has never shown any aggression towards us or any if them other than the normal pecking order and breeding behavior. I’m in MN and it’s just now getting warm enough for them to get...
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    Rooster vs Hens

    I know! But they just stay as far away as they can. Tonight when we were closing up the coop, we were missing a hen and I freaked out only to find her casually walking up towards me from the tree line. I’m nervous that they may get themselves into an unwanted situation with a predictor if they...
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    Rooster vs Hens

    Hello All! We’ve had backyard chickens for the last several years (8 hens-this was our first flock.). After some of our girls slowed way down with egg production, and we had a very broody hen this summer that we couldn’t break of it, we decided to give her a handful of fertilized eggs. She...
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    It's like Bumblefoot ,but with no scab...what is it ?

    Hello! Wondering what happened with your hen? This is currently happening with one of my girls and I’m not sure how to handle it. She has a healed cut on the bottom of her foot but swelling on top of her foot in between her toes. I punctured the bubble with a sterile needle a few times after...
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