I will go with hen too...by that age males will be displaying with their tails up, like in my avatar...only males can do that...also she has no snood...males can make theirs get long and short by this age...really cool to watch though.
BBW take about 6 months to butcher, heritage take about 8 months. At four months my narragasett are just now reaching their full height, but have yet to begun to fill out. I don't think you can cross BBW with your current breed because neither the male or the female of BBW have much luck with...
I think using some of her buddies for bate is a great idea. I would bring about three and place them under a tree with food and water, and make a surrounding box out of pallets or big boxes, just so u and caught her. Also remember they are birds and if you can get a sheet or towel over them at...
Try Ideal Hatchery in Texas. Im from Texas too. They allow for small orders and let you do 10 poults and will send you about 12 males for warmth. I got them the next day. I lost only one male chicken so i have 11 roosters (still not sure what to do with them) and 10 healthy happy 4 month old...
looks like fowl pox...remove the birds form the other birds and give extra fuilds... It is carried by misquitos and there is a vaccine. After the get it, just give extra care. They should recover once the pox scabs fall off. The good news is once the get it, they will never get it again...
I am a new turkey owner. I bought 10 narragansett turkeys and they are amazing. I only have 7 now, but it was due to a coon attack when they were younger. They are about 4 months old and and follow me and my kids everywhere. My six year old daughter picks them up and makes them sit in her...
I was worried about the same issue, but I just got some Narragansett this year and they never go very far. They roam all day around the yard, never going more than 50 feet, then right before sunset they all go in there pen to there roosting area. I tried to not use a roost, because my chickens...