This rooster was wandering around the barn and found it's way over to my chicken run, with 5 RIR hens. He's been very sweet to the ladies and seems to have mated with one. I've seen some mean roosters and was trying to avoid it, but this boy seems very nice. I'll try to get another photo that...
Hi - any help would be appreciated. I adopted a hen sitting on 15 eggs (one is a double - super big) - she nested in a horse stall that had a horse moving in!! I've had 5 RIR hens for about a year, and everything has gone well with my egg layers, but i'm not sure what to do about this hatching...