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- Jul 22, 2021
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I know they're too young for mating and everything as their only 7 weeks old but im already seeing a divide. I have 6 chicks, 4 female and 2 male, this week I've noticed 3 girls always hanging over with 1 male (foghorn) and 1 girl hanging with the other (fat albert). The 1 girl will even go and burrow herself under fat Albert while he eats. The 2 males puff up their chests at each other but both back down and they all still squeeze together in a pile on the coop floor at night and I noticed that 1 girl trying to burrow under fat Albert again tonight at bedtime. I'm really just curious if this is the beginning of them picking partner's? If it is, I'm a little concerned as fat Albert will be leaving in a few weeks and I'm not sure if that girl is gonna have a hard time being separated since it appears she's already bonding with him more than the others. Could this just be part of pecking order and these 2 are at the bottom? I'm not really sure what to look for as far as pecking orders go but there's been no fighting or picking on each other aside from the boys puffing up a few times.