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pecking each other bloody
No the birds can't free range because they won't stay home. I hate the thought of cutting thier becks, I think I would give them away first. We could extend the rest of the lean-to on the back of the barn and it would give them about three times the room. We have 8 nesting boxes for them and...- lori
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pecking each other bloody
It isn't just one doing the pecking, from what I have been able to tell about half of them are doing it. The other half are the ones getting pecked. I don't have enough cages to split all of them up. The ones that are pecked raw I have put in a cage together away from the rest and treated them...- lori
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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pecking each other bloody
Thanks for the replies. We have 5 New Hampshire Reds (hens) 5 Rhode Island Reds (hens) 1 Rhode Island Red rooster 5 Black Sexlinks (hens) 5 Plymoth rocks (hens), and 2 Americana's (hens). Not real sure about all the spelling on those but they are in a 12 ft. x 24 ft. coope. Completely covered...- lori
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pecking each other bloody
I have had the same chickens for about a year now and everything has went real well until the last couple of weeks and they have started plucking each other's feathers until they are bloody, the hens are even plucking the rooster. Why would they turn on each other like this? What can I do to fix...- lori
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