- Apr 27, 2011
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last year online from a hatchryi orederd there brown egg layer special wich was 2o hens so wen 27 arrived i knew some were definatlly roosters well about 6mos of age i knew by the crowing wich ones were roosters and last two months my hens are looking really bad i thouhgt it was mites i treated for it so i thought it had to be feather pecking i expandid the space uped the protien did it all the noted things but now some are bare bottom and the hair on there necks is one i went out there 2day and saw the chicken in motion on top of the poor hen doing the nature dance but the odd thing i susspected there were two more roos but they "DONT CROW" SO IM CONFUSED ARE THESE 2 GUYS OR DO FEMALE HENS DO THAT SORT OF THING TO??? DONT ALL ROOSTERS CROW????