Current Events > We let our 7 week old chickens in with our older ones and they're being bullied.

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Like chased through the pen, not being able to get to the water bowl, pecked until they bleed. They're really being abused. :(
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Might need a bigger space

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All chickens are bad

defund the chickens

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You shouldnt have 7 week olds chickens with adult hens or roosters. Id wait a few weeks more before adding them in.

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Oh god here we go.

JACKBUTTMOMMY posted...

Our roosters raped the hens to the point that we had to kill all but one rooster. I dont remember enough about it but should find out since I want to rear chickens again - but it sounds like you need enough space and that maybe they need to know each other from the get go. Well probably also only raise hens.

Yeah, you should have something like 6-8 hens per rooster. If you dont have that ratio, theyll over mate the hens and potentially kill them

I learned this the hard way and had to get 5 more baby chicks (originally had 1 rooster and 4 hens, but had to remove and isolate a hen because it was the roosters favorite)

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I'm a chicken in a vat, aren't I? This simulation is just to make me happy until you eat me :(

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