- Jan 10, 2011
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we have a 25 mixed breed egg layers. They are 19 weeks old this week. We have four breeds: Buff Orpington, RI Red, Barred Rock and Araucana. This week they started pecking the Araucanas. One was pecked to death today and all the others of this breed were also pecked. i spayed them all with blu-kote and seperated them from the others. in total there are 5 of this breed remaining. a few other things i want to mention: we got our first egg today, and it was a blue/green one from one of the Araucanas. Also, the chicks were confined to the henhouse for about 10 days while we were out of town and a friend was watching them.
Is this normal? was it boredom? will i be able to put the pecked birds back? is there something about this breed that is causing the others to peck only them? any advice is appreciated. Thanks,
Is this normal? was it boredom? will i be able to put the pecked birds back? is there something about this breed that is causing the others to peck only them? any advice is appreciated. Thanks,