mean cockerel
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cockerel hates hens?
Hey everyone, in my last thread I asked about putting my new hens together with a lone cockerel and lone hen. I have tried introducing them in a somewhat open place and they had a few pecks but they are not fighting. Except that the roo hates them all. he tries to fight them all like other roos...- Diveks
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- attack harassing hens mean cockerel rooster
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Letting Your Broody Hen Hatch Her Eggs
I’ll never forget waking up on an early October morning to hear the undeniable sound of new life unbound—PEEP PEEP PEEP! I was shaking like a leaf with excitement. Our Easter Egger hen Lucille 2 (from the show Arrested Development, also we already had a Lucille, so it was perfect!) had turned...- Rural-urbanite
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- brood hatch chick safety broody hen mean chickens mean cockerel natural hen hatching experience rehome roosters
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The Deed is Done - My flock is now at peace.
Well, today I finally did what I have been dreading for months: cull my first bird. With my last shipment of 22 chicks I received in April, plus the additional four I purchased at TSC, as luck would have it I wound up with three (count them, three) accidental cockadoodle roos. That gave me a...- Mimi13
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- aggressive behavior chicken casserole first culling mean cockerel respectful harvest
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- Category: Meat Birds & Processing
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The Deed is Done
Well, today I finally did what I have been dreading for months: cull my first bird. With my last shipment of 22 chicks I received in April, plus the additional four I purchased at TSC, as luck would have it I wound up with three (count them, three) accidental cockadoodle roos. That gave me a...- Mimi13
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- aggressive behavior first culling mean cockerel respectful chicken harvest
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock