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    Ostracized hen

    Yes, I have a small coop that she stayed in right beside the main coop. Just hardware cloth on the sides, so completely see-through. For a while, the main hen and rooster tried to get to her through the wire. Then they gave up and left her alone.
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    Ostracized hen

    I have a hen who seems to have been ostracized by my flock. I have 8 hens and one rooster. This started a couple of months ago. Prior to that they all got along fine. We noticed one morning that she had a small bleeding wound on her head, like he’d been too rough with her. But the next morning...
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    My Olive Egger Chicks Look Like Barred Rocks

    I’ll try to post some pics when I get home this evening.
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    My Olive Egger Chicks Look Like Barred Rocks

    Tractor Supply. Used to have a great farm supply store that always had an amazing selection of chicks, but they sold their property to Academy. Tractor Supply sold me mislabeled chicks last year, so I was worried it had happened again.
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    My Olive Egger Chicks Look Like Barred Rocks

    Thanks!
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    My Olive Egger Chicks Look Like Barred Rocks

    My latest batch of chicks is about 3 weeks old. I purchased 4 olive eggers, but they are developing plumage that looks like barred rocks. I know olive eggers can be bred from several different breeds, so my question is can an olive egger have the physical features of a barred rock? Or was I...
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