- Nov 22, 2014
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Hello all , looking for a little advise please. I have a rooster who keeps the hens in check very well and has actually saved a couple from sure death while free-ranging. I would like to keep him, however he is tearing up the backs of the hens to the point of no feathers being left of the backs of the hens and worried that they could get infected. I have tried aprons and so forth but that doesn't seem to be working the greatest. My question is -would it be ok to separate the rooster from the hens for a while to give them a break and give their feathers a chance to grow back without causing too much disruption to the pecking order ?
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