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HI, I did some searches but couldn't find any commentary or advice on adding a new adult rooster to a flock with a brooding hen. I know quarantine issues & I know introducing new chickens but what I don't know is if it puts greater risk on the brooding hen to add a healthy adult rooster...

We got a second batch of Speckled Sussex this year. I intentionally ordered 4 pullets and 2 cockerels because we'd like to try a rooster. We have 4 hens from last season. I'm amazed at how different the 2 cockerels look already from the pullets. They are 4 weeks old. I have a bunch of...

Anyone what share any experience in finding a friend for a year old hen who lost her only friend? Here's the story. We have 3 S. Sussex hens we raised from hatch. They are 1 year old now. They are a bonded flock. They free range all over 3 or so acres. They beg for treats, the...

HI, I got these 2 hens in August and sold to me as Barnevelders. I don't think they are Barnies but I recently saw a photo of a Dark Cornish. Are they what is called hatchery dark cornish? They aren't laying yet but the bottom one looks like she could be close. I'm guessing they are...

These are my first chickens. I'm starting to think I might have 3 pullets and a roo. They were all sexed as pullets by Meyer via My Pet Chicken. The good news is that I can keep a roo if the good part out weighs the bad. They free range so a roo might be helpful. I'd love some hen raised...