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The 5th chicken I didn’t send a picture of has been setting on some eggs. It looks like both Madge and Raven contributed eggs to her clutch. Right now we have 4 black and 2 tan (which might be Corny’s) and one more green and one small tan egg to go.

Thank you all so much for all the information. I have learned so much already. I just thought he had thick legs. We have ordered some mite remedies and I chopped up some rosemary, spearmint, and thyme to sprinkle in the coop and run area to help as well.

The first two pictures are Madge with her beard and poofy top knot and fuzzy feet. Next is Raven. She lays green eggs. The rooster is a Banty I know the white rooster is a Silkie.

We have one white Silkie rooster. We rescued him along with 3 hens and another Banty rooster. He is the lead rooster and is definitely not friendly. I have had several "discussions" with him about who is the lead chicken in the area (me). He has been doing better.

Thank you. It has been interesting so far and I've learned a lot.

We had talked about getting chickens, but hadn't yet when we heard about some chickens that were in need of a home. The coop they were in was horrible, unmovable, cramped, and very muddy from the recent rains. So, we rescued a flock of 3 hens and 2 roosters at the end of January. We went to a...