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I know, it's confusing, but I found the other site yesterday, and couldn't log in. (I thought it was this site, with new graphics) Later that day i received an email response to a thread I posted here a few weeks ago, followed the link, and I could log in, no problem, and that was when i realized there were two BYC sites.

I used to be a regular 'here' (with Wes and Dlhunicorn and many many others) and I remember alot of the names i see here now. I did get busy with life,and the whole switchover to Yuku turned me off (I hate being forced to change) so i rarely came around. That must be how i missed the whole 'buy out' thing. Then i started back here a few months ago.

The only reason i ended up there was that i was searching for info on how to stop my roos from harassing the hens - i vaguely recall someone mentioning a 'bachelor pad' at one point a long time ago, and wanted to see how feasible that would be. My Maran roos are twice as big as the hens and really tear up their feathers. My Arucauna roo was always a gentleman with his ladies. On top of the feather mite problem i had, the roos were too much. I also have several Americauna roos (4) that ended up in my batch of all pullets. (this was the worst ratio I ever rec'd - 5 roos out of 25) They are a bit precocious and starting to bother the pullets, although the Arucauna keeps them in line pretty well. I ended up putting the Marans in a new pen i built (they are NOT happy), and reducing the Americauna roos by 2. I need to do some more switching around soon, b/c my Arucauna is getting up there in years, and i want some babies out of him - it is too hard to find true arucaunas anymore (unless someone knows someone? I got this one out of a hatch i did awhile ago with some eggs from Tennessee, and now the guy is mia)

Glad to be back, and thanks for the explanation.

I have plenty of girls, they are just too darn big. I hate to get rid of them, on the off chance i want to breed my own. I made another bachelor pen today for the 2 Americaunas (so much for my 'all pullet' order, i had 4 roos!) They are still too young to care about being separated from the girls - more nervousness at being in a new pen i think. The two marans seem a little more settled now. I figure if i lavish enough attention on them, they will be a little nicer also.