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    Unusually aggressive BO roo

    This thought occurred to me as well, perhaps having a mother to raise the young ones will make them more likely to be well tempered. Dizzy did have a fair amount of trauma in his youth. Quote: I would give a new rooster a chance. You won't know his true personality until he's over a year...
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    Unusually aggressive BO roo

    OK I appreciate this but dealing with AD doesn't make a rooster impossible, just more difficult, she's definitely not in the coop with Dizzy in it, a good ways up the hill from the house. My mom grew up on a ranch in the country and is tough as iron physically, she's assumed the aggressive role...
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    Mating or bullying?

    Not likely, the last thing you want to do is pick a fight with him, they are entirely indomitable creatures and will only escalate the conflict with you and the hens. The thing to remember is a rooster's primary activity beyond mating is to find more food for the hens, if given this...
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    Unusually aggressive BO roo

    My roo is quite the extraordinary bird in the sense that his existence was unplanned and he nearly lost his life by his own foolishness. See here how he's turned out to be a generally great leader of the flock. The problem is this: I take care of my mother with Alzheimer's disease, she lives...
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    The Rooster was an accident!

    Thanks. You all conquer on the roo, pullet assessment? It's early yet but I'm similarly a little surprised at the big tail growth versus basically none. Trying to remember back to my store bought BO chicks and I guess it figures, the pullets don't start the tails until about 3 weeks.
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    is this a good way to introduce chicks?

    The key is how your rooster handles them. In general a rooster doesn't care a wink about chicks until the mother has given them up. So if he's going to accept them as part of the pecking order then they will integrate. But if he thinks they're too small and tries to really go after them it's too...
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    Sick chicks with mites that won't go!

    Nope, it's a physico-sorptive effect. But in point of fact most powders fine enough will do this, so it's more likely the high priced insecticide powders that are the bull... I have seen it work on fleas, and they are about as tough as anything to kill. It's not an immediate effect though so...
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    The Rooster was an accident!

    On the coast in Ca, 100 miles N of SF, amongst the redwoods, prime chicken country for Reds and Buffs. Dizzy, was supposed to be a hen, not even after he challenged the puppy and got a nasty nip on his hind did it occur to me that she might be a he. It was there that he got his name, Dizzy...
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    Sick chicks with mites that won't go!

    Most farm/livestock supply stores should carry the right stuff, I should've mentioned that. Otherwise you can order it online. In regards to bathing the chicks you would want to avoid any commercial shampoos with Sodium Sulfates in them which most have. You're better off with just warm water...
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    Sick chicks with mites that won't go!

    Diatomaceous earth is a noteworthy delouser. Chickens can eat it, chicks might peck a bit too. You can also use it topically and around their area. The key with any powder is to get it on the bugs, it dries them out and kills them. So if you can't get it in direct contact with the bugs on the...
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    All about Buff Orpington's AND Rhode-Island Red's !! CHECK THIS OUT!

    Orpingtons were an English origin breed, so they probably aren't the best for super hot heat. Light Brahmas would be a good breed, good layer, and they can handle heat. White Rocks, maybe Cochins as well could do. The key is just having some shade, might have to use a fan in the coop if it...
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