Recent content by Ed Tritcak

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    Problem Rooster

    My wife and I are having problems with our rooster. He is a year and a half old and we raised him from an egg. He was super sweet as a little boy but has taken a negative turn. He now attacks us when we sometimes enter the outside run. He’s also tough on our 9 hens when he mounts them, ripping...
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    Managing an a rooster hard on hens

    We have one rooster for 9 hens. We think he is a good rooster which we raised from an egg. The only problem is he is very aggressive when mounting the hens. Almost all our hens have multiple feathers missing and completely torn off their backs and wings. Almost to the raw skin. We’ve gotten a...
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    Chicken saddles

    Our rooster who is a good rooster heavily favors one of our 9 hens. We have watched her back feathers slowly get torn away and destroyed. She seems sensitive her back since our rooster has been hitting on her. We are considering getting one of those saddles so her feathers can grow back. Does a...
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