- Aug 3, 2014
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I like to add 3 or 4 newbies every year. I try to rotate breeds to make it easy to track egg color production . This last year I had a rooster as one of my newbies. That was a mistake. They look pretty but they are nasty. I mistook a bullying very aggressive rooster for molting in my hens. By the time I realized he was nearly pecking my hens to death, I culled him. Traumatized my poor hens so bad I'm lucky to get 3 eggs a day out of 7 hens that are 14 months old. Will probably wipe the slate clean this spring with 12 chicks.