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Hello: ...... One idiomatic detail; The real name is ""collonca de ARETES" (aretes means earings) not ARTES. (meaning arts) It''s one little E in betwen, that makes a lot of difference.
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For my experience, the older the worst. Now the older ones are going to be the dominants, without to much figth. Some roos are less agresive than the pullets. (??) And ,food time is the best time to put them together. After the food frenzy, the things are not going to be smooth, but if...
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Remember that she is going to a new place she doesn"t recognize as her nest. To avoid her the tendency to go back to her old nest you have to locke her in the new place,( wth a box or a lid...) for 24 hours, hopefully in total darkness. After this period of time you unlock her, and...
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True. The chicks who born and were raise together like their mutual company more than others. This changes with age, but not completely. This is more evident when they rest. And....no, they not recognize their mothers or viceversa.
Ready to "siesta".
I don't think is going to be much trouble. The old hens are not going to figth the roos (if they are old enough), the pullets are too small to figth with the old hens. They are going to run. And in 3 more months they are going to be hens and 16 in total.
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Down here, the story is the same. I have a friend that swear to me that results . One thing is for sure. If you leave the eggs in the nests, the probably of broodies, increases.
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Down here, the story is the same. I have a friend that swear to me that results . One thing is for sure. If you leave the eggs in the nests, the probably of broodies, increase.