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    Two Roosters One Hen House

    Will be breeding more soon but getting rid of a rooster is like choosing a favorite child that's the problem
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    Two Roosters One Hen House

    Hi All I have the issue of having 2 Roosters and 8 Hens/Pullets One of the roosters (Barnevelder) is 2+ yrs and the other (Wyandotte) is about 6 months or so As you would imagine the older is the dominant Bird and bullies the younger one out of the yard What i am asking how can i calm them...
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    One of my Barnevelders has lost 90% of her feathers

    Hi all Well the good news is Peppers feathers are growing back after what looks like a heavy molt Thanks All
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    One of my Barnevelders has lost 90% of her feathers

    Thanks Seminolewind Dusted Pepper just in case yesterday and none of the chickens have been laying of late so here's hoping
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    One of my Barnevelders has lost 90% of her feathers

    Hi All One of my Barnevelder chickens have lost 90% of her feathers I have 4 of them and they have molted but this week one seems to have lost most of hers Ive looked for lice and mites on her but cant see anything we don't have roosters and she seems to be eating and drinking OK Cheers Lucas
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    They said i'd never get there .............. But i did and we picked up the girls today

    Well what a long time coming this was, 2 yrs but now i've finally finished My Little girl and I picked up 4 Barnevelders from Julie and Paul of Country Chickens today Well the Girls are 12 weeks old (1 might be a week older) and are pure breed Pullets Paul was fantastic with my little girl...
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    Are Barnevelder Cockerel's Loud

    Thanks for the replies I'll talk to the breeder and go and have a look In the suburb i live in we are allowed to have roosters but i want to respect the neighbour's Cheers all
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    Are Barnevelder Cockerel's Loud

    Hi All Now that I've decided on the birds I'm going to get and have four ordered I would like to know if anyone has a Barnevelder Cockerel as the question i have is this: Are Barnevelder cockerel's a noisy rooster or are they sort of quiet? I know some Roosters are loud and was hoping that...
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    Look what we did/are doing! UPDATE 8/26

    Excellent coop, was nterested see all of the added items like feeder/waterer and door
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    what would kill 8 chickens in 1 day????

    We don't have raccoons here in Australia but certainly have foxes and this sounds like foxes to me as dogs normally don't just rip off the heads A friend of mine lost 16 in a day hens this way in a day It seems foxes do this not just for food but also funny Cheers Lucas
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