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mr04268

mr04268

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Good evening all, I just signed up for the site and am looking forward to the discussions. I have been raising my layers for almost 4 years now and I have done meat birds for 5 or 6. I have a flock of 18 hens and 2 roosters with another 12 hens coming up through the ranks. I noticed tonight that although some of my hens are barebacked from the roosters some of them have no feathers missing at all. I then noticed that most of the ones with no feathers missing are my older birds, my older hens range from 1-4. Will the roosters not go after a older hen or is this just a coincidence? Also why are some of them missing feathers on only the topoftheir right wing? I will be thinning out my flock ion a few months, I am going to get rid of all of my 2+ year olds to make room for my new chicks. I think I might get rid of one of the roosters to give them a bit of a break. Looking forward to everyones thoughts on this and hope I can help with somebody elses questions.
 
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Hello and welcome to BYC! I also have bareback hens. Those are my older hens who still lay very well.
 
Thanks everyone, the chickens I have that are bareback are my younger ones and I think they are mostly my RI Reds but they are the younger birds about 1 year old. My older hens don't seem to have a feather missing. I know they are not laying as well because most of my older birds are Americaunas. I hardly get a colored egg. They have never been a good layer for me but I think it is because they seem so nervous. I wonder if having the 2 roosters trying to do their thing all the time is making them not lay as good.
 

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