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I thought about keeping them, I may try and trade them for some hens. I do not particularly want roosters, too loud for my blood though they haven't started crowing yet. Thanks for verifying my suspicions. They are pretty birds the pictures do not help. Thanks, Jesse

Here they are at 4-5 months still think rooster or hen?[/IMG]

First off thank you for all the responses, this community is a great resource for knowledge. Hopefully one day I will be able to leave some advice for others to take.I youtubed the black soldier fly pen and it looks fairly easy to set up. Perhaps in the near future it would be a great source of...

My friend has a compost pile and he found a bunch of maggots, he gave some to his chicks and I brought some home for mine. I'm guessing it doesn't hurt them. Are they mean to be treats or is something, if harnessed, can be a food source? Video won't up load so here are a couple pics

Here are my two my two Wynadottes, what do you think cockerel or hen??

I have a quick question, when should the cockerels start to crow ? Just curious mine are probably 7-8 weeks and still haven't heard anything but the normal peeps. Thanks, jesse

Thanks for the response, I have around 2 acres, but we are near a big road, so i think i might keep them confined to the garden, not sure yet. I may end up making the fence higher around the garden and keep top open. We have a lot of trees and not a lot of big opening, so I don't think i have to...

Greetings, I have a few questions concerning netting over my garden. During summer I will keep the chickens confined to the coop and their run, however, in winter I want to open their run and let them free range in garden. Will I need to put netting over the whole garden or if they are full...

Funny they will sit on ramp but cannot find the way up at dusk

Here is the final product

Thanks for all the responses, I have done a little research and I think I decide to keep one cockerel and see if the buddy wants the other one. Any suggestions, also could you have 2 roosters? Will the eggs still be good to eat? Anything else I need to know? Thanks for all the help

I picked up 6 chic sat tractor supply, these two are from the straight run section. All the others have a comb, these two do not have any starting to develop. They do, however, have these red things on the side of their lower face. Any clue if they are roosters or not. Unknown breed and I got...

Here are more pics

any clue what these will look like or what kind they are?