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    Mother hen pecking chicks

    OK thank you I will try letting them mix tomorrow and see how it’s goes. Space wise we are normally fine - the chickens have plenty of space to run around don’t worry! We have two chicken runs and coops (for the chicks and chickens) and a much larger ‘enclosure’ which they are let out into for...
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    Mother hen pecking chicks

    We let her and the chicks out into the large run today (by themselves). She did still peck them very occasionally however she was still calling them over to eat and didn’t seem to want to join the rest of the flock. I believe the above user was right and it’s a space issue. Do you think it...
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    Mother hen pecking chicks

    Ok thank you :) We are going to try and let them out more for the time being and try and figure out a way to provide them with a larger run At what age should she be weaning them?
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    Mother hen pecking chicks

    Hi, We have a hen with 2 three week old chicks (we bought fertilised eggs for her) who had never had chicks before. Recently, she has started pecking them, she has even caused one of them to bleed a little. Up until this point she has been a devoted mum. We keep her in a small run most of the...
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