Posts by Egghead_Jr

I'd say it's a pullet then and you can expect eggs from that one any day now. If you search google images or on here you'll see that breeds rooster sports a large comb and as with all cockerels the neck feathers would be pointed and at...

How old are the birds? If she is not at point of lay or laying age then the comb wouldn't be red yet so would be a cockerel.

I'd go with the Australorp too. It's a larger bird to add size for eating your culls and usually better temperment than a production red. 

She free ranges with them during the day doesn't she? Eventually she will roost in the coop when the others do one night. I had two very skittish leghorn being introduced that didn't go back to the coop with the others and roosted in a...

This  link has excellent pictures of fertile and unfertilized eggs. It's easy to tell once you crack it open into a dish. If she is fertilized then you've got a over a week of collecting eggs to incubate. She'll stay fertile for...

If you can figure out how to get a fan in there to circulate the air it would solve your problem. Or figure out a way to add a shelf so your eggs are not on the very bottom and up in toasty 99F air temp. If you do install a fan it is...

If they will only be using the coop to lay eggs in and to sleep at night then there is no need to leave food and water in there. Once they go in at dusk to sleep that's all they are doing, they've watered and filled their crops before...

I'll be processing 5 cockerels at 14 weeks old. I imagine they'll be some tender and one bird per person serving size. The reason for culling early is a need for space in the grow out coop. I've waited as long as 24 weeks to process a...

You could be right. Those honking legs and lack of feather growth sure look like a cockerel but you wont be sure for another week or two that's when the comb if cockerel will turn red and he'll start to grow out wattles.

If that screen door is your only access to your coop then I don't think you'll be happy with it. When it's time to clean out the coop you will rather have a much larger opening to shovel out the pine shaving and add new. Your likely...