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Black Copper Marin Hens, no roosters. 15 months old. One remains in roost sitting on egg. Is this normal behavior? I've heard it might be brooding but with no rooster I don't know. Anything I need to do?
Mixed three new Marin's with two of my original ones After keeping them in separate coops next to each other for a week. A few days later, one of my old ones was dead. I stayed outside the coop and noticed one of the new ones pecking, chasing and attacking my last original hen who is larger, more developed and lays larger eggs. So I separated the attacker out from the old one and two new ones thinking I would rather lose the aggressor than the better hen. The attacker stopped laying a week ago and the color is fading some/change in the feathers. It lays in the nest all day until I pick it up and take it out to for some free range time. It sits there until I chase it. Then it moves around for a half hour or so pecking and then returns to the house and nest before well before the sun goes down. Anything I can do?
Can I mix 4 New Plymouth Bard Hens with the 3 Marins I have left? I don't want to buy them and then have them kill each other off. TheBards are a little less than a year old.
Black Copper Marin Hens, no roosters. 15 months old. One remains in roost sitting on egg. Is this normal behavior? I've heard it might be brooding but with no rooster I don't know. Anything I need to do?
Mixed three new Marin's with two of my original ones After keeping them in separate coops next to each other for a week. A few days later, one of my old ones was dead. I stayed outside the coop and noticed one of the new ones pecking, chasing and attacking my last original hen who is larger, more developed and lays larger eggs. So I separated the attacker out from the old one and two new ones thinking I would rather lose the aggressor than the better hen. The attacker stopped laying a week ago and the color is fading some/change in the feathers. It lays in the nest all day until I pick it up and take it out to for some free range time. It sits there until I chase it. Then it moves around for a half hour or so pecking and then returns to the house and nest before well before the sun goes down. Anything I can do?
Can I mix 4 New Plymouth Bard Hens with the 3 Marins I have left? I don't want to buy them and then have them kill each other off. TheBards are a little less than a year old.
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