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    Feeling so guilty for re-homing my rooster

    You're so right! Maybe I'm too big of a softy (I definitely am lol) but I wanted to try and give him a second chance to be on more space with more hens. It didn't feel right for me personally to have him killed for something he was just doing instinctively. I do realize that there are great...
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    Feeling so guilty for re-homing my rooster

    Thank you for this! I know he had a bit of a double whammy against him with being both young and going into his first spring, so I know it's possible he could've calmed down, but at the same time it's a big "what if"and I probably wouldn't forgive myself if he really did horrible damage to one...
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    Feeling so guilty for re-homing my rooster

    I can definitely say he was very rough and clumsy in his mating technique, so I don't really feel confident that more hens would've been the solve just as you said. Thank you so much for this detailed response; I really appreciate it!
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    Feeling so guilty for re-homing my rooster

    Thank you for this. My husband and I kept saying that it seemed like we were sacrificing the well-being of 7 for the well-being of 1 and that didn't feel right.
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    Feeling so guilty for re-homing my rooster

    Hi y'all, I will preface this by saying I am a new chicken keeper and am coming into my first year with my flock. I had a 9mo old buff orpington rooster who I loved, but he was beginning to really wreak havoc on my hen's backs. I have 7 hens, which I know was not enough and ended up having to...
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    Do I have a cockerel or pullet? 10 weeks

    This is our lovely Gertrude that we got from TSC. The bin said they were sexed but of course I know that can be a crapshoot. Someone please tell me she’s a pullet; we already have one rooster 😅😩
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    Chick Can’t Seem to Open its Eye

    Well within literal minutes of writing this post, I went to check on her again and both eyes are now open! But either way, if anyone knows what potential reasons this would happen I am all ears!
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    Chick Can’t Seem to Open its Eye

    Hi all! Very new chicken owner here. I just picked up this girl (along with 3 others) yesterday afternoon and today I noticed that she can’t seem to open her left eye. I can see the eye moving around but it’s almost appears as if it’s stuck shut? It doesn’t seem irritated or swollen, though...
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