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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    wont let me attached MP4 video so Ive zipped :) He's a very handsome boy and the girls are smitten
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    I'll share video when I'm on PC
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    So, we took time. Introduced them through the fence for a few days after his quarantine I put him on roost bar in their house last night when all été sleepy, and all are getting on swimmingly Just gave them all a dangling lettuce which they shared happily
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    I don't have any option to add my location?
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    So based on everyone's feedback, I'll house him with the reds He's in quarantine a week Then I'll have him alongside the reds for a week so they closely see each other and can chat between a fence Then I'll add him to one of their roost bars when reds asleep (so when they all wake he's there)...
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    Thank you All of our girls are roughly 3 years old (Inc silkie and sussex) All are rescued The boy we're told is a year He is a big boy! (Very handsome too) There's no tight space. The 9 hens live in a purpose built house 3m x 3m internal with 6 nesting boxes to choose from 3 long roost bars...
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    The groups aren't unstable as they're housed separately and both groups have a great deal of space We have no intention to breed, not because of our choice of birds, we just don't want babies and everything that entails (plus lots of hens needing good rehomes, so I adopt rather than breed) We...
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    These arent RIR. Just standard laying red hens in France, not even a breed as i understand. (And I have one who is broody right now)
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    Am I OK to free range them all together? And just put him to bed with the reds ?
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    Apple cart not yet loaded. He's new here and still in quarantine so not with any chickens yet
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    Is there a reason behind this? Is it OK for him to mix with both lots of chickens when they're free ranging
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    2 harems 1 rooster?

    Hi all I have 11 chickens who I keep in separate coops with separate runs 9 in one, 2 in another (i know, spoiled right?) due to fighting (9 rescued reds from factory are quite vicious, and almost killed my little silkie and sussex) I have just got a rooster to "mediate" my 9 rescue reds We...
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    Egg bound?

    4 days in jail and she's cured. Thank you everyone
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    Egg bound?

    We don't want chicks. Have put together our version of chicken jail. Think this will suffice? She can't nest as we've put chicken wire along the floor Few bits of wood for her to stand on No access to hen house
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    Egg bound?

    Ok so we went to vet Not egg bound (phew!) Concensus = broody I'll search for fixes on that in the forums Thanks all
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