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    Alpha hen attacking almost 6mo Golden Comet while being mated by Rooster

    Thank you for your information. This makes sense. We are also hoping to expand the run because we know the more confined any animal is, and with others, the more friction. It’s hard to remove my human emotions from the animals. Humans tend to get in the way. I will keep an eye and let them be...
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    Alpha hen attacking almost 6mo Golden Comet while being mated by Rooster

    Thank you. I am ready for him to keep the peace! Lol. I’ve been telling him to get between the ladies when they fight it out. But again I’m new to understanding chicken behavior so I try to stay out of it until it seems bad. Thank you for sharing!
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    Alpha hen attacking almost 6mo Golden Comet while being mated by Rooster

    Thank you very much for sharing your advice! Yes he seems to be a good rooster so far and I hope he stays that way! I’m new to chickens so I’m always learning. Yes he and the dominant hen have had it out. Little blood on his wattles but that healed overnight thankfully. She is a strong willed...
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    Alpha hen attacking almost 6mo Golden Comet while being mated by Rooster

    Yes the dominant hen did not submit to him at first and it was brutal. A little blood drawn by her on his wattles but they are better now. Okay thank you. I’m new to learning about chickens and their behavior. Thank you for taking the time to share.
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    Alpha hen attacking almost 6mo Golden Comet while being mated by Rooster

    Catalana (I think) Hen is at least 4 years old. Golden comet is coming up 6months. Swedish Flower rooster is roughly same age as golden comet. Main hen is pretty aggressive but has gotten better. She doesn’t like being mated but at the same time she does and she doesn’t want another hen to be...
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    Will a cockerel try to mate a pullet?

    Pullets are roughly 13 weeks and cockerel is 14 weeks. He tried to mate our hen the other day. She is maybe 6-7 years old? Not sure. But it was a surprise to her. I was about to pick her up so she squatted and the cockerel took to moment. This morning the cockerel tried to (I think) mate one of...
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    Can roosters stay in same run/coop as hens?

    Thank you all for replies. I will keep him with them and just see how everything goes!
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    Can roosters stay in same run/coop as hens?

    Yes hoping to get some more hens next year! Once we expand our run and coop for them. Thank you!
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    Can roosters stay in same run/coop as hens?

    Okay thank you for your reply. I guess I am just worried about how often he will try to mate with them? I guess not an issue unless I start noticing some physical signs on the hens of him doing that too often?
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    Can roosters stay in same run/coop as hens?

    Hello, I am new to raising chickens. We have 5 hens and 1 rooster currently. One hen is older than 3 years, the other hens are almost 4months old same as rooster. Can we keep the rooster with the hens in the same run and then same coop at night?
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    What to feed roosters? Also what about dried calendula?

    Thank you for your reply! We will do this.
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    Having a tough time deciding who would make the best SFH roo to breed? Also I need name suggestions for these boys

    They literally grow up so fast. Most recent pic he is 7-8weeks old. I only have 5hens so I hope that is okay and not too few. How do you like your SF roosters? We haven’t named ours yet.
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    Having a tough time deciding who would make the best SFH roo to breed? Also I need name suggestions for these boys

    Do you have any pictures of when they were young? We have a Swedish flower rooster and interested to see what your boys looked like.
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    What to feed roosters? Also what about dried calendula?

    Her have 5 chicks and 1 mama hen. Chicks are about 7-8 weeks old now. 4hens and 1 rooster. Mama just started laying again this week so we have brought out the small chick feeder for her layer crumbles and kept the large feeder full with starter/grower crumbles. Once the chicks start laying...
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    Cinnamon Queen 7-8wks old-curled toe?

    I will watch the video and see what you are both talking about. Thank you for your concern. I definitely don’t want to cause her any pain. She acts like she’s got nothing wrong with her. Thank you for the video resource!
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