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    Rooster cast out

    Thank you for your honesty. I needed to hear this. I have lots of guilt over the hard decisions and in all honesty two of our favorites were lost due to no fault of ours. There are enormous moments of joy mixed in… they are funny and cute, and some are sweet. I need to make sure we have no more...
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    Rooster cast out

    How do you all manage your roosters??? I even bought 9 pullets to help balance out the chickens I had and then broody silkie hid her eggs where I couldn’t see them and could barely get to them. 14 eggs from 3 moms,7 clearly growing. I pitched the other 7. 3/7 are roosters. I’m right back where I...
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    Rooster cast out

    In that group, 11 hens. (4 sisters born in October.) I lost one in January. The two roosters that remain with dad are smaller and less dominant. This guy is a spitting image of his dad… matured faster than the other two.
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    Rooster cast out

    My silkies hatched out 7 chicks in October. 3 of them are roosters. Dad has always been good to all of them. Yesterday, I found the most dominant of the babies (now full grown) hiding, weak and badly bloodied, in a nest box. I removed him, cleaned him up and got him hydrated. The afternoon was a...
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