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Hi, looking to buy goslings locally or within a few hours drive.

Thanks! The females are Austrolorp and the roo is CCL. So it isn't possible to tell by wing sexing or the head spot:(. One chick has a much larger comb and is turning red where the others haven't started to turn red yet. That is one of the chicks that I see sparring more often. Will it most...

I just had a batch of Austrolorp/Crested Cream Legbars hatch. I wing sexed them at a day old and based on the feather patterns(long-short-long-short) I thought I had all pullet. Many of them are doing that sparring/chest bump behavior now at 3 weeks old. Does anyone know if its a problem...

I just found that book today online after trying to get answers about my young roosters behavior for about a week now. I posted it on another thread about rooster behavior. My rooster is 5 months and just started crowing about 3 weeks ago, soon after I found one of my hens with a bloody comb...

Ok, after scouring the Internet for information on my roosters behavior this is the most informative information I could get. A quote from: Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Dr. Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. "Then there are other genetic problems that no...

Ok, got it! I guess my idea about having two roosters just isn't possible with their nature. I will plan to cull one which will be my first time doing so. Thanks for responding, I really appreciate you're response.

Thanks so much! I've been around the bush and back trying to determine what to use to worm my birds. You're suggestion sounds right for me and my birds so thanks. Maybe she just needs the time to get strong again, as she was in pretty bad condition by the time she left the chicks. Thanks for...

Thanks LoMc. My hen went broody over and over until I finally gave her some hatching eggs. She did well with that hatch and hasn't gone broody for 4 months. Prior to the brood she hatched, she would be broody for 6 weeks then come out of it for about 4 weeks then go broody again. She went...

Thanks centrarchid. I don't fully understand you're post. To clarify: you have found roosters CAN be a deterrent against cats and hawks, and also help you hear when you need to go out and scare the predator off? Can u tell me what you mean by artificial? When you say combine one rooster, do...

Thanks aart for you're opinion and sharing you're knowledge.

Has anyone ever had a hen go broody, raise a clutch and then never go broody again?

Thanks aart. To me, it is unexpected that he would choose to attack the hen and not the other rooster. The only reason I had planned on more than one is that I do have some issues with predators and I was hoping they would work together since they are brothers. Do you think there is any...

My 5 month old CCL Roos have started crowing and are both trying to mount the hens. Chester is doing really well, he is dancing, offering food and he even gets up into the nests and arranges them for the girls. My other roo, Rudolph, not so much. He started crowing and trying to mate later...

:gig. I started my flock spring last year and I have a hen molting(my first). I thought she was a lot fatter than she is. Turns out she was just all feathers!:lol: do you have a pic of you're hen?

Thanks Lady of McCamley and Bumpercarr, So my Legbar Rooster crossed with an Austrolorp hen will most likely produce a green egg layer? The only thing I'm not clear on is whether the Roos have both blue genes? That's a great article!