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Hi, I'm new to BYC and still trying to navigate my way round it! I'm from Northern Ireland, 41yrs. I have 2 hens, Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day and have just recently got a cream legbar Rooster so will be needing lots of advice I've had my hens for over a year and just got Rocky the Roo 2 days ago so trying to watch him closely and learn a bit about him!
 
Hello and welcome to BYC - great that you have joined us. I'd advise keeping an eye on the feathering of your girls - with only two, your fella is likely to be riding 'em both, like a Grand National winner :D if possible, another few pullets may make for a more harmonious flock and less stressed birds.

You may wish to drop by the UK thread - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/655508/uk-member-please-say-hi/890

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/ and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive
 
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Pork Pie Ken said:
Hello and welcome to BYC - great that you have joined us. I'd advise keeping an eye on the feathering of your girls - with only two, your fella is likely to be riding 'em both, like a Grand National winner :D if possible, another few pullets may make for a more harmonious flock and less stressed birds.

You may wish to drop by the UK thread - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/655508/uk-member-please-say-hi/890

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/ and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive
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Thank you
 
My hens have the run of our yard and a big field behind the house so the coop is quite small, 2 nesting boxes and 2 roosting perches, it would house 3 chickens comfortably! Problem is I'm afraid to put my new roo in with the hens at night in case it's too confined and he hurts them, should he be in a separate area when they roost at night?
 
KikisGirls said:
Does he hurt the hens during the day? Usually they sleep at night.
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No he doesn't hurt them during the day, they forage together quite peacefully, there's been the odd squabble but nothing major!
 
KikisGirls said:
He is going to start tearing them up soon enough. Roosters should have closer to ten girls to share his love with...two is way to few.
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Yes I've read that a lot, I'll have to extend their coop and will then probably get a few more
 

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