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    Old girls beating up the new girls

    They have been in side-by-side pens for 2 months. I merge them and they seem fine and then one day I come home to find one bleeding or dead in the corner of pen. The new ones have started laying eggs, they were born in March. When I first attempted to merge them they were a lot smaller. So...
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    Old girls beating up the new girls

    I have six older hens. I purchased 9 new hens this spring to enlarge my flock but I am finding integration extremely difficult. So far two of the youngsters are dead and one was injured today so I separated them again. The 2-yr old hens are Barred Rocks but they seem to attack one chick and...
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    My chickens know my voice.

    I have raised meat chickens for 5 years. Two years ago I decided to keep some for eggs. I have 6 Barred Rock hens which give me 4-6 eggs every day. In March I decided to get a few more since I was not sure how long hens would lay well. I purchased 9 new hens: 3 Rhode Island Reds, 3 Buff...
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