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    Rooster won’t let hens out of coop

    There is peace now and Vicky reins as the alpha rooster. The TL;DR is the hens needed to mature more to accept what turned out to be his attempts to mount them. So shortly after I posted last, we ended up putting Vicky and the other older rooster in another coup, separate for two or three...
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    Rooster won’t let hens out of coop

    I started putting feed and water in coop. thank you for pointing that out. Should have thought of that. The ladies enjoy the feed, but still try to come out and forage. And are quickly chased back to the coop. I don’t know if the hens really like the rooster anymore. It seemed like they did...
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    Rooster won’t let hens out of coop

    We live in Southeast Missouri. The Ozarks. Here’s photos of the coop. It is a modified Chickshaw 2.0. Our version has a back door for cleaning out fallen nesting box hay. So I’ve opened that up during the day. Vicky is still chasing hens back into coop regardless of which door. Good idea though...
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    Rooster won’t let hens out of coop

    Hello, First time poster. I checked and can’t find this answered exactly. So here’s the problem… We have a Buff Orpington Rooster, Vicky (named by my 4yo - and she wants “the chicken people” to know that he has the biggest waddle and comb ). And Vicky is NOT letting his 5 hens out of the...
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