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[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

 

[Jaimesweet]

Thank you all for your warm welcomes !! I love my chickens lol as we all do but I may be to weak to handle this rooster situation. The rooster I removed was the one who was in submission to the other rooster. The one I took away was always with my hen. He started out as a goofy guy and grumpy was the one in charge I assumed. Then they flipped the scripts yesterday. Now I'm making myself sick because I feel I may have taken away my hens mate....this sounds crazy I know and I'm sure some may roll their eyes lol I just dont know if I removed the right guy ! Last night my hen didnt wanna let the aggressor into the coop! So then I'm thinking how will they stay warm and a number of things like I broke up true love.... There is no true love in the work of chickens right ???! This whole rooster business started when I purchased my three hens from fog pond farms in upstate NY... The seller told me I had three baby hens !! Assured me even ! Turned out I had on hen and two roos!!! Driving me so crazy worrying about my birds ! I also brought the two chicks inside last night because I'm sure it was way too hot in the bunny hutch with the 250 watt bulb...they are just getting their feathers. They are seven weeks I was told !! I can't have chickens in the house but I dont have the proper shelter ! Why is this so hard!!! I want to share great stories and good comments ! After all none of this crap happened on little house on the prairie !!! I will take with a smile any constructive critisim or answers ! Please I'm def in need of some feed back good or bad !! Ty all for listening to my ridiculous rant

 

[TwoCrows]

Birds do miss their flock mates. I recently lost a hen to heart failure and a couple of the other birds went looking for her everywhere for a while. One of these birds was her best buddy and sat depressed on the roost bar for days. She let some mournful cries for quite sometime. But they do move on and forget. I know it is hard on you too. Hopefully time heals your wounds.

It sounds like you love your babies very much. I know how hard it is.

Thank you all for your warm welcomes !! I love my chickens lol as we all do but I may be to weak to handle this rooster situation. The rooster I removed was the one who was in submission to the other rooster. The one I took away was always with my hen. He started out as a goofy guy and grumpy was the one in charge I assumed. Then they flipped the scripts yesterday. Now I'm making myself sick because I feel I may have taken away my hens mate....this sounds crazy I know and I'm sure some may roll their eyes lol I just dont know if I removed the right guy ! Last night my hen didnt wanna let the aggressor into the coop! So then I'm thinking how will they stay warm and a number of things like I broke up true love.... There is no true love in the work of chickens right ???! This whole rooster business started when I purchased my three hens from fog pond farms in upstate NY... The seller told me I had three baby hens !! Assured me even ! Turned out I had on hen and two roos!!! Driving me so crazy worrying about my birds ! I also brought the two chicks inside last night because I'm sure it was way too hot in the bunny hutch with the 250 watt bulb...they are just getting their feathers. They are seven weeks I was told !! I can't have chickens in the house but I dont have the proper shelter ! Why is this so hard!!! I want to share great stories and good comments ! After all none of this crap happened on little house on the prairie !!! I will take with a smile any constructive critisim or answers ! Please I'm def in need of some feed back good or bad !! Ty all for listening to my ridiculous rant

 

[Jaimesweet]

Thank you so much !!! I am honestly in tears !! I can still change roosters. The other guy...her mate is at my mother in-laws. I'm trying to get answers so I can make that choice ! Ty so much ! I have been sick...my hen refusing the rooster.. Perhaps I should switch them up.

 

[TwoCrows]

I know how hard this stuff is for you. These birds get so deeply intertwined in your heart and it is hard to separate them, lose them or see them hurting in any way. You will do fine. Just do your best and that is all that matters.

 

[Jaimesweet]

Thank you much twocrows!!! Means a lot to me ! As I said to sharon this group is my beacon lol I do love my birds and want them to be as comfy and safe as my own human flock lol I appreciate your feedback !!! I'm so happy I've joined !! Ty much Jaime

 

[Jaimesweet]

[COLOR=333333]Hello there and welcome to BYC!  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]Sorry about your roosters. Sometime when the boys grow up, they can turn on each other. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]As for the young ones if they are more than 6 weeks old, you can start to wean them off heat now. They are fully feathered and should be able to handle the cold temps. I would raise the lamp so that it only gives them a small bit of heat. Keep the lamp like this for one week and then remove it all together. If you are going to mix these two into an adult flock or any flock for that matter, you will need to wait until they are at least 3 months or more before you can mix them. For now you can keep them in a cage or small enclosure in the run and coop for the next month. Then in a month or so, you can mix them in. Make sure to put out extra food and water stations so these babies can eat and drink. The older flock members will try to run them off for a while and starve them out. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]Enjoy your flock and welcome to ours![/COLOR]

 

[Jaimesweet]

Thanks I just read this...that help me immensely !! I may havevrepisted your thread too....I'll figure all this out and by spring we'll all be happy campers !!

 

[BantamLover21]

Glad you joined us!

 

[Jaimesweet]

 Glad you joined us!

Ty