- Nov 7, 2009
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Good morning and greetings to all!
We are so pleased to have joined this group.
The following link is a slideshow to our new chicken tractor and our recently acquired new to Rhode Island Red Pullets.
http://s856.photobucket.com/albums/ab123/k4lcd/?albumview=slideshow
We are trying to learn to be successful backyard small egg producers for
our family consumption.
After initially failing to get started by purchasing sick young broilers which
we returned, we are beginning again and we have been able to get one quite
mature Rhode Island Red pullet almost ready to begin laying and one much
younger pullet or perhaps almost pullet Rhode Island Red. Our goal is to have
eventually a total of no more than five healthy laying hens of that breed.
We got these initial two last Saturday.
They appear to be healthy from our examination, but we are being faced with the
following behavioral problem:
The older pullet, aggressively attacks the younger (without hurting her, so far)
scaring the younger one to the point where she hides in the nesting box. The
older one is constantly provoking the younger one.
We examined the beak of the older pullet and it is not sharp, but round, so we
decided not to trim it more.
We did not know that we were going to have to be chicken psychologists too.
We welcome any advise.
Sincerely and thanks,
Ofelia and Juan from Southeast, Florida
We are so pleased to have joined this group.
The following link is a slideshow to our new chicken tractor and our recently acquired new to Rhode Island Red Pullets.
http://s856.photobucket.com/albums/ab123/k4lcd/?albumview=slideshow
We are trying to learn to be successful backyard small egg producers for
our family consumption.
After initially failing to get started by purchasing sick young broilers which
we returned, we are beginning again and we have been able to get one quite
mature Rhode Island Red pullet almost ready to begin laying and one much
younger pullet or perhaps almost pullet Rhode Island Red. Our goal is to have
eventually a total of no more than five healthy laying hens of that breed.
We got these initial two last Saturday.
They appear to be healthy from our examination, but we are being faced with the
following behavioral problem:
The older pullet, aggressively attacks the younger (without hurting her, so far)
scaring the younger one to the point where she hides in the nesting box. The
older one is constantly provoking the younger one.
We examined the beak of the older pullet and it is not sharp, but round, so we
decided not to trim it more.
We did not know that we were going to have to be chicken psychologists too.
We welcome any advise.
Sincerely and thanks,
Ofelia and Juan from Southeast, Florida
