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    Original Rooster suddenly rough with an original hen

    Thanks for the info. How old would be considered mature? He was hatched around March last year. Maybe I'll build him a small fenced area in the coop, like I did with the new hens while they were growing. I did wonder if the sudden influx of a bunch of hen hormones just drove his young rooster...
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    Original Rooster suddenly rough with an original hen

    Over the last few years we have lost and added chickens, and began the year with 3 hens and a rooster. The rooster is the youngest at a year old, and he's never been harsh to the hens, just doing his job. We've added 15 more hens from chick and they have integrated fairly well. We also built a...
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    11 Week Chick Layed Egg

    I haven't pulled the egg out yet, we were rushing. But it looks almost normal size, just dirty from being on the floor.
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    11 Week Chick Layed Egg

    We've two older hens and a rooster in a coop that get let out to roam our yard and woods, and 4 "chick" hens and 3 roosters that stay in a small house at night and are let into the chicken yard most days. One of the older hens is broody. Chicks were born on May 25. So last week I came home...
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    Open Coop

    I was just wondering if anyone has ever tried designing a coop that doesn't get closed, but is still predator proof with chickens that are free ranged? I'm thinking of somehow making a small opening like a chute large enough for chickens to get in, and having the opening about 4 or 5 feet off...
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