Deb Harpster

Ohh jerseys are heavy birds so you have to jave ramps and low perches they are subject to I think its called bumblefoot from jumping down from too high.  Hope the leg gets better

Added my roo and three new hens that were in my house as babies untill fully feathered then gave them a small coop and a segregated run with wire between.  It was pretty hen pecking once introduced by a few of the jersey giants and one of the sex links for a few weeks bit I watched closely…most of the bullying was towards the roo.  i did pull one exceptionally mean jersey out to the tractor when I caught her being mean just to be mean and pulling out his tail feathers…the tables have tirned and he is going after all girls now and they are hodong in the large hen house

Hey there I am new to a rooster (we bought 4 chicks…sexed even) and somehow we ended up with a rooster. All of our girls have spice names because they are dual purpose and I have six older hens that are a year old.  Toby (short for Tabasco.) went into the run with three that are his age about a month and a half ago he started crowing, but would only take advantage of one of the three that he came home with the last two days he’s been chasing the bigger girls who were bullying him for over a month and a half and now they’re all hiding inside the henhouse to avoid his advances. I’m just hoping it will work itself out because the food in the water or outside.