Posts by CindyJeann

My roo is a red EE and three of the chicks are from a barred rock hen and her chicks are sex linked in that the boys have to white dot and the one pullet doesn't. :)

I got 18 chicks out of 27 eggs set. Ok hatch rate. Sept 13 Sept 14

I had a barred rock roo who never raised a hackle to anyone in the family but would get aggressive with strangers. He made wonderful dressing. Since then I have gotten a red EE roo who has never done anything even slightly...

I would guess 2 or 3 days but since I don't actualy know you should post on here how long it took because I'm interested in finding out. :D

Quote: Originally Posted by Queen Bee  Yep, this is the same reaction they have to a rooster, after they have matured. It's funny to watch  them shake afterwards--as if they are insulted! Or, like a...

It's how my year old girls respond to their roo.

They see you as roos. Since you are the only roos left you are suddenly at the top of the pecking order. When you approach them they assume it is to mate and they are submitting to be mounted. When you set them back down on the ground...

My festus is just over a year old. In all his life he has never so much as raised a hackle at any person at all. He is a beautiful red EE who carries the blue egg gene though he is a little small. Since I am hatching eggs (the...

The roo would have to be over a year old so that I would know that it was a sweetheart and not aggressive and not prone to attacking kids. He would have to be absolutely beautiful. And, because I want a roo for breeding purposes...

I have no experience with this but I have heard that black oil sunflower seeds are good for molting birds.