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Bertie or Gertie? Changing sex from a hen to cockerel.

We received the following question a couple of days ago: “We have had three ex-battery hens for a year. There have been various pecking issues when we have dealt with with an anti peck spray. However one of the hens – Maud – the biggest hen is really getting quite agressive towards the two other hens and Mildred in particular and we have noticed that she has grown spurs on her legs – do you have any futher advice” Then by coincendence, the BBC ran a news item about chickens turning into Cockerels today on the

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