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[CoopCrazy]

Pecking is almost always from too little space, food ,etc... Not breed specific.. Make sure you have plenty of room for them and they are clean and well fed and they shouldnt peck .. if they continue to peck cut a cabbage in half and toss in thier that'll keep em busy for a lil while atleast...

 

[ChikeeMomma]

I agree -- pecking is usually due to not enough space. If one is wounded from all the pecking then it is a wise idea to separate the injured bird for a few days or longer or else they will continue. I have Isa Browns and they aren't flighty for me at all. They aren't exactly lap chickens, but they don't run from me and I could easily pick one up if I wanted to. A lot of my standard fowl (BO, BR, BA, GLW) are great layers, too. I even have a couple Dixie Rainbow hens -- free range meat bird -- in the mix (they surprisingly lay every day or every other day). My EEs weren't the best winter layers, but otherwise they lay well.

 

[terri9630]

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My RIRs don't peck at each other.

 

[Miltonchix]

As soon as pecking starts in my brooder I turn on the red light. Thats the only light they get til they're old enough to start going out. Pecking seems to all but stop. If that doesn't work its easy to trim beaks. THAT cures it every time.

 

[BirchHatchery]

the only hatchery i no that burns beaks is were i get my leghorns and they dont sell brown layers

 

[SteveH]

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Do you own a Dremmel tool ?

By the way , I was reading up on the Chantecler chicken tonight and discovered they were Dark Cornish X White Leghorn crossed with a Rhode Island Red X White Wyandotte with more Wyandotte and Plymouth Rock added later to increase size . Ended up with a bird that layed 200 eggs per year and looked like this . Maybe the Leghorn X Cornish X will be a great start .

 

[BirchHatchery]

im thinkin of ordering me golden coments this year instead of my white leghorns i would also think a hy-line leghorn bred to a golden would add to tremendouse egg production would it not?

 

[Olive Hill]

Golden Comets are a hybrid, they do not breed true.

 

[BirchHatchery]

who ever said i wanted to breed them? i jus want a good layer to replace my leghorns

 

[Olive Hill]

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There's no need to be snippy.