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My little orhpington next to him is a pullet right?

Oh my gosh! I just gave away 3 silkie roosters and then got and raised this one cuz I thought they would be more accurate when they came sexed. I have had horrible luck this year.

Hi, I have a sexed female Jersey Giant that looks quite a bit like a rooster to me. Can anyone tell me if this is this a rooster? He/she is about 4-5 months old and is not crowing.

Hi, I have 4 silkies, and 3 turned out to be roosters. I cannot have rooster in my area but they are 3 months old and only one of them is crowing. The crow is not very loud. If I keep the roosters in their own pen (separate from my hens), will they all crow? I heard that sometimes only one will...

they are about 2 1/2 months old by the way

Does anyone know what sex my new silkies are? My guess is that the buff ones are all roosters and one of the white ones is a rooster and the other white one is the only hen? am i right? one white one is crowing (so that one is obvious) and the others are not crowing.

Does anyone know what breeds any of these chickens are?

Hello, I have 5 hens that are just under a year old. All of a sudden my Ameracauna has stopped laying. Its been about 3 weeks now. Is this normal or should I be concerned that she is sick? She has a bald spot about the size of a lemon at the base of her tail. She has had it for awhile and it...

Hey everyone, I went out to the coop today and found 4 brown eggs and they were all covered in clear goo and there was something that looked like a popped balloon on them. It was soft and even felt like a popped balloon. I have an Ameracauna that laid her first egg yesterday and it was...

what exactly are crumbles, are they the grower food? Im not sure what do feed my chickens since they started to lay. They are on grower. Do i switch to layer pellets not or layer mash or what??? Thanks

What is chicken scratch and do my layers need it???? They are currently just on organic grower, soon to go on layer feed. I also am gonna start on oyster shell and grit for the winter.

Hello, I have 5 hens that just started laying. They are currently on the organic grower. Do i need to switch them to organic layer pellets now???? I keep hearing different things, like that they need to be on chicken mash before the pellets. I'm confused now. Any suggestions???????? I thought...

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to see which hen is laying which color egg. I got a light brown/peachish colored egg and I was wondering if that was considered a pink egg and my ameracauna layed it or if it is a brown egg. I have never seen a pink ameracauna egg so im not sure. Or it...

Hello, I just got my first egg today. My hens are still on the organic grower feed. Is this egg ok to eat or are the fist few not good to eat? Also, how long can the eggs stay outside before they go bad? Just incase the egg has been out for a few hours? Thanks

Hello, I have five hens and I just got my very first egg today. I was wondering if it is now the time to switch all of my hens over to the organic laying feed? Also, is that all that they need to have to eat besides oyster shell and grit as needed? These are my first chickens, and they are...

I went out to clean my chicken tractor coop and I saw mouse droppings next to my chickens water. It was strange to me because I keep the water on a piece of wood and the mouse droppings were only on the wood and not anywhere else in the coop that I could see.Guess the mice wanted a drink. Is it...

Thanks for the advice guys. NO HEAT. I'm not worried about predators in my area. I live right in the middle of Salt Lake City, pretty sure that there are no racoons in the area or anything other than a house cat. It would be more likely for me to find a crazy man in my back yard. lol. I also...

egghead_Jr, do you have a pic of the vents that are on your coop?

I have a long vent on the top front of the coop that is about 4 feet long and 4 inches tall and a small vent on the bottom that is about 12 inches by 4 inches. It is not a problem to shut the door at night, their outside is completely enclosed with chicken wire so predators cannot come in the...