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2 yr old rooster has gone psycho
The roosters have been squatting down and "shuffling" - thanks for a good description of the behavior - and the one or two hens have been clawing at the edges of the top and nipping with their beaks(and it could have just been the same hen, since I haven't had them long enough to learn distinct...- pdml99
- Post #261
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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2 yr old rooster has gone psycho
Reply to chook.. Thank you for that informative answer. I still have scars on my hand from a RIR rooster from12+ years ago. We cut his spurs off but they grew back. We have not had chickens in more than ten years, so I am re-learning things. We just got back into chickens again and have 16...- pdml99
- Post #249
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Metzer Farms
Yes. More than ten years ago I ordered some fawn & white indian runners, cayugas, & a hybrid layer(think they were called golden white 300's) and all of them lived and thrived(I ordered the electrolyte powder also-I called it duck Gatorade). The layer hybrids were laying practically every day...