Casper101Popcor
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So my pullet, Casper, who is 4 months and a week old, was alone for two weeks since we had to give our rooster Popcorn away. She was grumpy. We got her a hen today , and we named her Jupiter. We have no idea how old Jupiter is, but she is a laying hen and probably over a year old. We let them see each other, then we put them in the coop. I have never done this before and i was hoping i wasn't putting to much stress on them. There was some pecks. Jupiter had been living with roosters and hens(the man made sure the roos did not fertilize her eggs, he only used a couple of hens for that), so she knows how to do the whole dominance pecking order thing. Jupiter was looking dominant. There was some loud clucks and a loss to a few feathers, but that was all. I checked on Casper and took her out and held her, looking for any injuries. On her neck, under feathers, i found a big gash across her neck. It still had some wet blood on it and it must of been from Jupiter pecking her really hard. We tried to tab some of the blood of and gave her ointment for it to heal. We separated Casper and Jupiter, and Casper is in the coop and Jupiter is in a crate thing to them calm down. We are going to put Jupiter back into the coop when its dark out and their tired and not as awake. I swear I almost cried for Casper. I knew she was in pain and i was sorry for her and i feel like this whole thing is my fault. I was just trying to do the right thing. I know both of them are stressed out, and i don't know what to do for them. there are no wounds of Jupiter. What should i do for them? What should i do for Casper? HELP!
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