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  1. Ridgerunner

    Will new younger chickens always be at the bottom of the pecking order?

    Azygous, what is the youngest you have seen a pullet stand up to a mature hen? I don’t mean that they can eat side by side or get along, I’ve had two week old chicks that some hens didn’t bother if they ate out of the feeder side by side. I mean fight back instead of run away if there is a...
  2. Ridgerunner

    Will new younger chickens always be at the bottom of the pecking order?

    I’ll copy something I wrote for another situation but you might get something from it since you are interested in some of the dynamics involved. In short, it’s not size or age as much as maturity. Adult bantams regularly dominate adult full sized fowl. Size doesn’t matter that much. Like...
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