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Thanks txreddirtgirl Ill try that.

I ordered sexed chicks and got 18 hens and two roos, they are ten months old now and the roos get along fine but the girls seem stressed and overworked to me. Just today I thought about mabe finding a home for one of the roos. But I guess roosters are hard to place.

my hens did the same thing and i read an article about methionine deficiency. The feathers are a source of this amino acid and the chickens will pull them out and eat them. also, too much corn prevent methionine absorption. after reading the artical i stopped giving scratch and added extra...

Hello Pearl River, I too am a newbie from south mississippi and live about 30 miles from the coast in jackson county. In my crew includes a 112 # redbone coonhound 2 toy manchester terriers 1 umbrella cockatoo and 23 chickens.