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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    I knew I shouldn't have resurrected all this. I had stopped posting anywhere on BYC and was just lurking/reading. I only made a comment in @thecatumbrella's thread because I wanted to let her know she wasn't alone and having chickens isn't Happy Fun Time! 🎉 for everyone. Sometimes BYC isn't as...
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    Okay. Do you really think I haven't thought all this through, over and over and over, every day and night? Wouldn't you have done the same by now? I'm not an idiot. This isn't my first chicken rodeo. I get it. It tortures me. There are a lot of things I want to do before I lose my eyesight...
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    Everyone I know has mixed flocks of a variety of breeds and ages. I've never seen anyone have these problems. I guess we were unfortunate enough to get a particularly bad mix. It's not a bully. Everyone bullies someone else except for the poor girl at the very bottom. That was the brown EE we...
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    I would like to try again maybe with a flock of just Alohas. I've been in contact with some of the local breeders. They seem like good people intent on improving the breed. Right now the only change my roommate will agree to is more chickens. The only way I'd agree to that is maybe if we found...
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    They were attacking each other long before that.
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    One more time: Our first coop and run were stolen out of our yard while we were still building them. Our second run was pulverized in a freak storm with 60-70 mph winds. We saved the coop and the chickens. The third was a temporary replacement for the second. It was cobbled together with the...
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    I appreciate your optimism but I've been through all of this already. You can read back through the discussions if you like. After building four different coops and runs and multiple other pens in seventeen months we are out of money and materials. No photos, my roommate won't allow them for...
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    How intense is your pecking order?

    I don't want to take over @thecatumbrella's thread. I just wanted to let her know she's not alone in struggling with this.
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    How intense is your pecking order?

    I've started threads about it and discussed it in these forums ad nauseum.
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    How intense is your pecking order?

    It's been over a year here. There is no joy. They are miserable and I'm miserable seeing them miserable. It's heartbreaking.
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    How intense is your pecking order?

    Our hens hate each other. They rip each others' feathers out and always look awful and scraggly. The girl at the bottom couldn't get any food so she had to go into a pen by herself. She cries all the time and wants to roost with the others at night but they want to bite her face off. The alpha...
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    Different.
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    I'm at the end of my rope.

    We got everyone at the same time. They grew up together.
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    Reintroducing a split up flock

    Yes - you did suggest that earlier. I had forgotten all about it. Thank you for the reminder.
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    Pros and Cons of Pinless Peepers

    We can't use open dishes because we have a squirrel infestation. I'll return the pinless peepers.
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