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Keeping younger hens in a mixed aged flock out of laying boxes
I have some younger pullets that live with one older laying hen. The pullets have discovered the laying boxes and love to sleep in them. When all chickens are the same age it's easy to keep them out of the laying box but now that one needs to lay I have to leave them accessible. Any ideas how to...- Hijumper
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We have a bully- I think?
We just bought 5 new laying hen chicks from the local feed store and brought them home 2 days ago. There are 2x Rhode island reds which are about 3-4weeks old, 1x "production red" which is a cross between a rhode island red and something else which is about 3-4wks old and 2 others (breed...- Hijumper
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