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    What’s the best way to introduce young chicks to existing flock

    Good topic, I learned a lot
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    All I want is information on Rooster behavior

    No, just new to all this.
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    My chicks are tweens... when do I let them hang with the big girls and rooster?

    I adopted my chicks July 24, they were a couple weeks old, I didn't think to ask. I raised them in the house, in a lrge dog kennel for about 4 weeks. I moved them to an enclosed area with a dirt floor, bugs and other stuff to eat besides their chick food. Last week, I added a temporary fenced...
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    All I want is information on Rooster behavior

    I got 4 young chicks,I've had them about 5 weeks, Im not sure about their sex yet. I have them isolated now, away from the coop, and will be moving them to an isolated part of the coop, with separate roost, nesting box, yard and separate entry, in a week or two. I figured that would give them...
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    All I want is information on Rooster behavior

    This morning, one hes refused to leave the coop. When she did, she made a beeline for the entry of the yard, I let them free range all day, the rooster chased her, when he caught her he jumped her, got off, strutted around her, pecked at her, then mounted her again.
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    All I want is information on Rooster behavior

    There are 4 hens
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    All I want is information on Rooster behavior

    Yeah, but he is off the mark, should I get some Target diapers for the hens? His behavior is more like a dog humping the pastors leg.
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    All I want is information on Rooster behavior

    My rooster is humping the back of the hens - is this abuse. His favorite (and she likes him) has a big red bald patch on her back, has had it for months. The rooster waits outside the coop every morning jumping each hen when it exits. Tonight I saw him mounting the back of another hen humping...
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