Re: Bullying in the Coop

Nicholas wrote:
Jewels wrote:

They are all hybrids, 3 are columbian blacktails, 3 rhode island red
and 2 white sex linked [one of which is top hen and the other is the
one being bullied].


I am by far not as qualified at giving advise as the others in this
group,

Experience qualifies you !

and this probably is not what you want to hear, but several
years ago I had a mixed bag of adopted birds, and turned out that the
Rhode Island Reds were too aggressive (and they had plenty of room).

Ours are not aggressive but are VERY active. I would never sell them as a
good bird for an enclosed space. They trash ground so quickly.
I would be surprised if what Jewels was sold were pure breeds as folks with
white sexlinks and black tails don't often have expensive pure breeds but
there are a lot of red hybrids which have more or less RIR in these days.

One of them ended up as chicken-n-noodles the other I roasted whole
(she was a little tough).

Sometimes the best place. But older hens tend to be boot leather <g>


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