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    Problems integrating, how long to keep bully isolated?

    Thanks for the reply. The Polish gets on fine with the bantams (pekin, faverolles and sablepoot), there are no issues with those four at all. Its just my old Barnevelder who is causing the problems. The little sablepoot likes to snuggle with the Polish, they are very sweet, and my young daughter...
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    Problems integrating, how long to keep bully isolated?

    So I had two barnevelders, 4.5 years of age, one of them died suddenly three weeks ago, leaving one on her own. I went out and got four new ladies, 3 bantams and a LF Polish. On the advice of everything I've read plus the guy at the poultry store, I just added the new 4 in with the Barnie...
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    Sablepoot - what age do you think?

    22/23 weeks. The others (different breeds) seem about right, this one just seems much younger to me, but I’m not especially experienced, only had larger POL ladies before.
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    Sablepoot - what age do you think?

    I brought home this little one along with some other bantams the other day, she seems a lot younger than the others and was wondering what age she might be? I know what the breeder told me (a large, commercial place, not hobby breeder) but I'm thinking they maybe made a mistake on ages? She's a...
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    Barnevelder not laying - growers or layers feed?

    Thank you for the advice, I've popped out today and picked up some more growers pellets. They always have oystershell available too. I'll keep them on it until they are both laying. I'm told Barnies should generally lay through the winter (one of the reasons I chose them), so fingers crossed the...
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    Barnevelder not laying - growers or layers feed?

    Hi, I collected a couple of Barnevelder pullets back in May. The older one started laying at 31 weeks, the second one is 5 weeks younger, currently 32 weeks, and not laying yet. I swapped them onto layers pellets 2 or 3 weeks after the first began to lay, thinking the second would also be laying...
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