Recent content by RedDrgn

She is, and I hope she will settle down as she gets used to her new environment and we start introducing her to our established flock. This is in the "What Breed or Gender" forum. :)

Surprisingly, no mites, no lice, no fleas (nor evidence of any having been there) anywhere on either of them. Fecals visually clean and perfectly normal, so we'll just add them to our usual flock screenings and de-worming cycles unless we see something different while they're separated. Other...

The cockerel we re-homed as we've already got a rooster (Russian Orloff), but he's with another banty flock. That's an excellent idea for the hen (who we plan to keep and integrate with our mixed flock), as she is super skittish of people (they've been on their own and chased by just about...

The cockerel flew 3/4 of the dang city block down an alley in one of his runs...absolutely incredible - thank goodness they actually are chickens and still instinctively stay on the ground MOST of the time or we'd have never been able to wrangle them! Eggs are definitely tints (the hen was...

We originally thought they were banty leghorns, until we got them home and gave them a thorough look-over and realized they weren't just filthy from the awful conditions they had been in, so of the color was actually theirs! So they may be our first mutt-birds. The cockerel has actually...

There is a long story behind these birds that's both sad and ridiculous, but to summarize, their previous "owners" kept them (illegally) in a town, and then moved out and abandoned a large flock of chickens that were all quickly killed by a number of things (cars, dogs, and people) until there...

Easter egger pullet; looks like one we had years ago. Eggers do seem to grow out their tail feathers a bit faster than some breeds, but unless you see long, thin, glossy, and pointed saddle or hackle feathers start to come in, you've got a lady.

Yes. If there is one thing that's extremely difficult to avoid if you keep chickens long enough, it's having to kill one (either because of disease, injury, predator attack, or hen/rooster ratios that cause harm). If you re-home a rooster, it's likely whomever takes them will kill them (free...

In my XP, resetting the pecking order is a lot tougher than just removing some flock members for a week. We had a BR that relentless whooped two of our other hens, and removing and isolating her for a week made NO difference after two attempts. We'd put her back and she'd go right back to...

The behavior is normal; young cockerels are just randy hormone machines. They do tend to calm down over a the first few months (and if they don't, then they aren't liable to until they're literally too old to care to mate much any more). Personally, if he's aggressive towards you/your family...

That actually sounds like what happened to one of our cockerels when he was about 4 months old. State vet reported it was a neurological or metabolic disorder. We ended up euthanizing him because his attacks were pretty random and he'd fall off of roosts, perches, wherever he happened to be...

I'd try a slow introduction. I don't know what your coop/run/range looks like, but putting the cochin and chick in a large crate or portable fenced in area that the rest of the hens cannot get through so that everyone can see each other, but can't do harm, would allow some safe introduction...

Time to cull the roosters; it's not as difficult as you may think, especially when you consider that the situation is as bad for the roos as the hens; 3 to 2 is liable to not only hurt the hens, but the roos, too as they will engage each other in their dominance battle. Plus, it's recommended...

There is nothing to glue. I don't know where the piece he broke off is and the remaining beak is solid (and smooth); no fractures, cracks, loose chips, sharp edges or other broken components (surprisingly). I have no idea how he did it, but he did it cleanly and completely. Thank you! At...

It looks like she's always been missing them, so whether inheritable or not, appears to be something she was hatched with. It's too regular (same toe on both feet and looks the same on both) to be an injury or due to too much wear.