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    Young Rooster getting Beat-up

    I have a young rooster (12-14 weeks old) that I want to put with three Buff Orpington hens. I put him yesterday and all three hens jumped on him and started kicking his butt! I had to save him. Is he just too young? Will he defend himself once he matures? How do acclimate them to him and...
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    1/2 Rhode Island Red 1/2 Orpington Rooster

    I have three Buff Orpington hens to produce meat birds with and was given a Rhode Island Red rooster. So I have let him have the run of the yard. I have hatched out several eggs from the Orpingtons and luckily most are hens. But I have a 1/2 and 1/2 Rooster now maturing. He is bigger than my...
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    Bad experience with a tub plucker manufacturer.

    At the risk of violating any terms of use of the forum, I thought it important to share email that I received from a tub plucker manufacturer in Ohio (will remain unnamed unless allowed). On their website, I inquired about the country of manufacture below is the thread. Of course it is in...
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    tagging to track age?

    It looks like I am going to have a bunch of birds of varying ages from a mixed hatch. I want to tag them somehow to track their age for harvesting purposes. What is available? What experience does anyone have. Rob
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    Not broody hens laying in brooding hens box?

    I have three Buff Orpington hens that I got when a friend gave me a young R I Red roo. The hens are less than a year-old and the roo is doing his job. I have the hens in small EGGLU coop with a single laying box that all three have used and then they roost outside of the box in the coop...
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