Recent content by Shades of Blue

to keep the dogs separate will help as they are working as a team. I hope you get this solved and you don't loose anymore birds.

yep i agree with QueenofKings....if you get a cockerel that is around 18 -20 weeks old then he will be bottom and earn his way to top.

you can feed them a bit more protein to help them during a molt but it really is not necessary. The daylight hours are decreasing and almost all my girls have quit laying. I am going to wait until after Christmas and then start adding a bit more daylight to their day by extra lighting on a...

Congrat's it's a boy....

at first I thought both boys.....but maybe #2 is a pullet. Can't see saddle feathers on either but both have red combs for only 5 weeks. do they spar with each other or does one start the spar and the other backs down? I am thinking for sure #1 is cockerel. The EE's I hatched out i could...

yep it's a boy.....saddle feathers....curled tail feather.....dark red comb and wattles.... and a pretty one at that.

I get 2-3 eggs a day from my Marans pullets that are starting to lay. My older hens are on strike....too much snow....not enough daylight. I am going to start extra lights after Christmas. I am not in a rush....and they might as well have a break. It seems a shame to have almost 30 birds...

If it is some of his inner parts...which it appears to be....I would not give him hope. However I would leave it in the bator and time will tell if the chick will live or not. my 2 cents.

kind of boring here in Canada now the snow is flying. However I do have a few spaghetti squash at the barn yet and they were happy to see those. I give them scratch every day but they do like variety. If I get industrious tomorrow....I might cook them some rice.....they get real excited...

and yep your rooster is just doing his job....lol. they will be best buddies in no time.

and how old are they.....are they young or if the hen is older is she in a molt....there can be many reasons why they are just sitting around.

it is starting to look like a rooster tail to me. I couldn't see saddle feathers but the wire was in the way.

I have heard electric fencing works well for all animals. They don't stop hawks though. Sorry about your hen...and hopefully the rest of the girls will go back in the coop again on their own.