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    Old Rooster and Old Hen Team Hinder New Pullets in Nesting Boxes!

    Yes! I think I see what you mean now! They were only together for a little over a week! I will try it again in a week and expect adjustments since the new girls are new to this and they all need time to establish boundaries, pecking order and such! Thanks so much for your help!
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    Old Rooster and Old Hen Team Hinder New Pullets in Nesting Boxes!

    Thanks for your response! The pullets have been alone until I put them with the roo and his two girls. I have several flocks of birds and this flock is in a coop that is 30 ft X 12 ft. and the long row of nesting boxes takes up approximately a 7 feet long by 15 inch wide wall space. They are...
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    Old Rooster and Old Hen Team Hinder New Pullets in Nesting Boxes!

    Thanks so much for your reply but I don't know what the standard feather picking treatment is? I did separate them but did not leave them out long enough or reintroduce them separately! I will try again! I have other hens in a different coop that are going to need to be separated, too and I...
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    Old Rooster and Old Hen Team Hinder New Pullets in Nesting Boxes!

    I have been raising chickens for about 4 years and just encountered my old Easter Egger Roo with Old Production red Hen attacking a new pullet and making her leave the nesting boxes. I wondered why all the new chickies were terrified of going back into the hen house only to discover the...
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