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    Interesting cockerel behavior

    Well, your guidance that these things change constantly during their first year is spot on! These are the new developments/observations: The GLW is actually courting now with the wing dance, although not always -- sometimes he gets right to mounting. Even with this positive development, I still...
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    Interesting cockerel behavior

    Mrs K, good to know. I suppose it is all relative, and things could certainly get much better without the troublemaker. Well, just as I was settling into the idea of keeping the Australorp, he went after my youngest daughter (6yo) today and pecked her. I’m not sure what prompted it, if...
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    Interesting cockerel behavior

    This is fantastic information -- thank you. I'll share some more information based on your questions. What doesn't add up for me is that the GLW isn't even trying to mate the times that I've seen him do this. He doesn't attempt to mount; he just grabs the pullet's neck feathers and pulls...
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    Interesting cockerel behavior

    Hello, everyone. I've read many of the cockerel threads here, so I think this is validation more than advice-seeking. I'm still wide open to better perspectives. Briefly, we started with only hens three years ago and introduced 15 new hens four months ago. Two ended up being cockerels, which is...
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    New member in SE Michigan

    Hello, all. I've used this forum so regularly for excellent info over the last three years that I didn't realize I hadn't yet signed up until I had a question to ask myself! I thought it appropriate to introduce myself first. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens...
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