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Hen feathers not regrowing after rooster cull
I can see little fuzzy feathers coming in that keep getting pecked out- mamabones
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Hen feathers not regrowing after rooster cull
Why won’t they grow new feathers until fall molt?- mamabones
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Hen feathers not regrowing after rooster cull
So my rooster was over mating with a few hens in the flock to the point that they perpetually had bareback and 2 of them had major feather loss around their heads and necks. He ended up bullying one of the hens to the point that she wouldn’t leave the coop so I culled him. I have 8 hens...- mamabones
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- bully behavior feather picking pecking order separate or not
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Confused - black copper maran laying sage colored egg
added to main post!- mamabones
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Confused - black copper maran laying sage colored egg
Hello! This spring I purchased what I thought were 7 olive eggers, 3 mystic maran, 3 brahma and 2 americuanas. What I've ended up with are 2 black copper marans, 1 of which is a rooster, and 8 french black marans. However, the black copper maran hen is laying a sage colored egg and the french...- mamabones
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- #genetics breed breed and color egg advice egg color egg color breed egg color genetics maran egg color genes
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- Forum: Exhibition, Genetics, & Breeding to the SOP