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Re: fighting

Subject: Re: fighting
From: enigma
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 00:14:38 +0000 UTC
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture.poultry
"Christina Websell" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in news:4m8tnpF55of5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 

> 
> "enigma" <enigma@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:Xns9836B1D655B10enigmaempirenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> the blue & black Orp roosters are fighting each other.
>> killed a dark blue roo last night sometime between 5pm &
>> 7pm. they seem to start fighting around 5, since i just
>> separated Coppertop from his antagonist. he was exhausted
>> & i really don't want to lose him. Tom says one pair of
>> blacks is fighting & the 2 remaining blues are fighting.
>> is there any chance they'll stop once they're completely
>> separated from the hens?
>> my other roos didn't fight each other & they were all in
>> the same coop as the hens, so i'm not used to this.
>> lee
> 
> Once they start fighting seriously enough to kill, all
> spare males need to have their own pen/run.  Just run one
> male with your hens if there are arguments.

the roo that runs with all the hens is my Speckled Sussex. 
they don't go anywhere near him & he ignores them.
 
 
> No, they won't stop now. It's time to separate them into
> individual pens. 

 that'll be interesting... i'm trying to get rid of 4 of these 
guys, & keep one black, one blue & the copper headed one. i 
was hoping to find someone interested in blue & black Orps, as 
these are all nice examples, as opposed to making soup. i can 
easily have one run for the hens & one for the roos, but 3 
seperate runs is going to be difficult.
lee
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