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    Rooster issues

    I have four hens. I don't want to let it get to the stage that she's bald anywhere. He's bitten through her comb a few times.
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    Rooster issues

    Might have to. But I'm also worried his weight might be hurting her back.
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    Rooster issues

    My eight month old Orpington rooster is becoming a problem for my six year old Orpington hen. He seems to have chosen her as his hen. They spend most of the day together very happily but first thing in the mornings and the evenings he mates with her several times. The problem for her is he's...
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    Young hen started laying then stopped?

    This is exactly what I was wondering about the rooster. Makes sense. He's only six months old! They are free range in a smallish backyard and I've had a good look around and also spent a lot of time watching them in the mornings to see where they may disappear to! The laying one always lays in...
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    Young hen started laying then stopped?

    They seem perfectly fine in every other way. Eating normally, drinking, hunting, doing chicken stuff! Just not laying.... Interestingly my rooster is only mating the one who is laying. He's showing no interest at all in the two not laying?
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    Young hen started laying then stopped?

    I have three young hens of almost six months old. About three weeks ago I found three eggs one afternoon! So either all three laid their first egg or maybe one hen laid two ( early morning, and late afternoon?) But since then only one of them has continued to lay. I haven't experienced this...
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    Reintegrating injured chicken

    I recently let my single hen hatch some eggs to create a new small flock. I kept five and they are now nearly 4 months old. I was so pleased that they were forming a happy little flock without any squabbling or problems. Until... the little rooster injured himself on a piece of wire and the...
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    Hens or roosters-to-be?? Six weeks old

    These chicks are now six weeks. I'm not able to keep roosters which is breaking my heart because I'm already very attached to all 11 little devils! One of the friendliest tamest babies is one of the ones I'm convinced is a rooster. I'm sorry there aren't better "standing" photos but I had just...
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    Chicks and kitchen scraps

    At what age can my chicks start eating kitchen scraps? They are out in a run with their mother and she's used to getting the scraps and I'd like to be able to start feeding them to her again.
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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    I bought six eggs for my broody to hatch. Three have hatched Vendas and three are yellow-orange, which maybe either RIR or Boschvelder which is what they were all supposed to be. Time will tell I guess:)
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    Introducing a single hen and young chicks

    I was not implying anyone had done anything wrong...? Just sad that something went wrong with the egg development in the final phase.
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    Venda Chicken

    I'm looking for info on the Venda breed and came across thread. I got some fertile eggs for my broody. They were meant to be Boschvelders but three seem to be Venda! What can you tell me about them? Temperament? Broodiness? Egg laying? Do they fly? I'm also interested to see your original eggs...
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    Introducing a single hen and young chicks

    That seems so sad when the chick has made it through it's 21 days of development only for something to go wrong right at the end. Hope everything goes well with the five!
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    Hen off the nest but two eggs still hatching

    Its night time here so I haven't checked again. When I closed her in for the night she was still sitting on it, and all 10 chicks! Isn't it amazing how so many babies can just disappear into a hen?!:D
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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    I seem to have acquired some baby Venda chicks by mistake and now need some info on them. What are their temperaments/characters like? And egg laying, and broodiness? Unfortunately from the little I've managed to read about them they seem not to lay many eggs and be broody, exactly the opposite...
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