mixed flock
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Help! Adult hen pecking pullet!
I got my first ever chickens over a month ago. Our town's bylaw only allows us 3 hens so we have one White Orpington (1 year old) one Buff Orpington (3 months old) and one Silver Laced Wyandotte (3 months old). The problem is that our WO is often pecking our SLW and plucks out her feathers in...- elisemarie
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- aggresion feather plucking help hens mixed flock orpington pecking pecking order pullet silver laced wyandotte
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Grouping young pullets with laying hens
I recently joined my 3-4 month old pullets with my older laying hens. I have been using TSC feed and was wondering how I meet the needs of both groups. It was easy feeding them when in their own coop but now that they are together, will it harm the pullets if they are getting laying feed or will...- Gail Laubenthal
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- feed mixed flock
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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Ended up with 2 roosters help!
we had gotten 8 chickens for Easter - 6 sexed hens and 2 unsexed bantams. One of our bantams quickly developed into the cutest little rooster and we were so glad to have a smaller one because we have had problems in the past with big roosters leading our flock out of control Today we found one...- Kenzie Sharp
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- bantam help mixed flock multiple roosters rooster
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock
