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    18 week old cockerel being aggressive with just 1 hen

    Hi everyone, we have a flock of 11, 10 girls and the big man, Pickle. 9 of the girls are 10 months old, the last girl and the cockerel were hatched using our broody hen and are about 18 weeks now. Over the last couple of weeks, Pickle has started crowing (some nights from 2am!!) and has been...
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    How to get 12 week old chicks to roost in the coop?

    I will definitely be trying it from tomorrow, hopefully it will work before too long. There's 15ft of roost bars so plenty of room but the original girls gather in the doorway so it may seem intimidating going in. As far as the pecking order, the hen chick is at the bottom but I wouldn't say she...
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    How to get 12 week old chicks to roost in the coop?

    Thank you, I will try hearding them in. The mother didn't want anything to do with them after about a month so not sure how helpful she will be but I will certainly give it a try.
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    How to get 12 week old chicks to roost in the coop?

    Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to chicken keeping. We have 9 hens all around 7months old now, one went broody so I bought 2 fertilised eggs which both successfully hatched into a beautiful black rooster and a black hen - I think they are olive eggers? Anyway, Vivien, the brooder left them when they...
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