tikibanjo
Chirping
Looking for suggestions for several injured hens. I have a flock (hatched in March 2020) with 4 roosters and 8 hens. I know: too many roos! I really don’t want to get rid of any of my roosters - they’re beautiful, healthy, and do a good job protecting and keeping general order.
4 of the hens have bald patches on their backs from the boys “playing” too rough. I do also have 13 young birds (hatched in September) and am hoping for an abundance of hens in that bunch, which may lesson the stress on the adult hens. In the meantime, should I separate the stressed girls. I have a vacant small coop that isn’t being used, but I’m worried it will just create more stress in the flock.
4 of the hens have bald patches on their backs from the boys “playing” too rough. I do also have 13 young birds (hatched in September) and am hoping for an abundance of hens in that bunch, which may lesson the stress on the adult hens. In the meantime, should I separate the stressed girls. I have a vacant small coop that isn’t being used, but I’m worried it will just create more stress in the flock.