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    one eye closed and lethargic!

    Oh my gosh, that is exactly what my 15 week old Sussex pullet is doing. Can't wait to see the answers
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    five day old Welsummer pullet pecking at other chicks bottoms

    Thanks for the reply. I have done that also put some blades of grass on bottom to peck at. They have a couple of things to jump on, I have a red light, two waters, two feeders, the brooder is a four feet by four feet. The other three all run around and flutter their little wings and it seems...
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    five day old Welsummer pullet pecking at other chicks bottoms

    I just got four chicks in the mail they are five days old now. One Speckled Sussex, one Silver Laced Wyandotte a Buff Brahma Roo and one Welsummer. The Welsummer Pullet comes up behind the other chicks and pecks at their bottoms. No one has pasty butt or anything hanging out. But she will...
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    Roo attacks his favorite girl with her apron on

    I have him to protect the girls which he does. I had two hawks flying over head and by the time I got to where they were all I could see was the rooster. He was standing next to a three food pine tree....no girls in sight...then I looked under the pine in the grass all the girls were under the...
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    Roo attacks his favorite girl with her apron on

    I see that depending on the company the apron I am referring to is like a "chicken saver" or saddle. Has any one else experienced the rooster attacking the hen after she had one put on?
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    Roo attacks his favorite girl with her apron on

    I don't have a picture sorry. They are all a year old this month. I am fixing up a place in the barn and will banish the rooster there until I can figure out what I am doing. It is like he did not recognize his own girl.
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    Roo attacks his favorite girl with her apron on

    I have a year old Silverlaced Wyandotte roo that was raised with five girls. He has ripped the feathers off the girls, he is brutal and does try and flogged me on occasion, I can put up with that but now I bought a chicken apron for his favorite girl( also a Wyandotte) it is a dark green...
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