Hi everyone!
I have a couple questions.
Ok, I was dreaming of adding some new chicks to my flock this spring. (Chicken math happens.)
Anyway, I’ll have to explain the situation.
So, I started out with 8 chicks a couple years ago, of all different breeds. One died due to pasty butt, when I didn’t know how to treat it. When the others grew up, one was a rooster, so we gave him away. There were no problems at this point. Then after we got our puppy, one of the hens started picking on the lowest hen, Badger. The year after that, we got 6 chicks of different breeds. The hens were mean to the chicks when we were introducing them, except for my 2 favorite docile hens. 2 chicks grew up to be roosters, and we gave them away, there wasn’t enough hens for them, and they also picked on Badger. Now, the EE and some of the hens pick on Badger, but it’s been less frequent. I have the 9 hens in an 8” run attached to the coop. I let them freerange sometimes, but we have a hunting dog. I’m debating getting rid of the mean hens and getting new chicks, but worried that maybe new chicks would just cause more problems.
I have a couple questions.
Ok, I was dreaming of adding some new chicks to my flock this spring. (Chicken math happens.)
Anyway, I’ll have to explain the situation.
So, I started out with 8 chicks a couple years ago, of all different breeds. One died due to pasty butt, when I didn’t know how to treat it. When the others grew up, one was a rooster, so we gave him away. There were no problems at this point. Then after we got our puppy, one of the hens started picking on the lowest hen, Badger. The year after that, we got 6 chicks of different breeds. The hens were mean to the chicks when we were introducing them, except for my 2 favorite docile hens. 2 chicks grew up to be roosters, and we gave them away, there wasn’t enough hens for them, and they also picked on Badger. Now, the EE and some of the hens pick on Badger, but it’s been less frequent. I have the 9 hens in an 8” run attached to the coop. I let them freerange sometimes, but we have a hunting dog. I’m debating getting rid of the mean hens and getting new chicks, but worried that maybe new chicks would just cause more problems.
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