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So they're both Rouens? Maybe the small one is just a runt. Thanks for the info!!

Quote: That's why she's smaller! They came from the same place and both were identified as "Rouen". Aren't Rouens mixed with Mallards? Is that why she looks like the Rouen?

They are both about a year old. They love to quack really obnoxiously and loudly. So they're probably girls, since none have the curled feathers, right? Thanks for the input!!

First of all, welcome to BYC!!!! Glad you joined. :) It depends on how the hen is to newcomers. If she's low in the pecking order, I don't think she'll be to choosey on anything and she'll probably take your new chicks in. Just watch your oncoming chick, since the older chicks will probably...

Hi! I have two Rouen ducks and one Peking. The white one is a girl, but the Rouens I don't know. We get two eggs a day (a white one from Al the Peking duck and a greenish-white one from one of the others, Archie or Esther). My brother thinks they're both girls, and that Esther, the smaller...

I have Barred Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Australorps, Rhode Island mixes, and Turkens mixed with my Leghorns. They seem do to fine together. :) All the different varieties do make the flock colorful. Especially the egg basket! Do whatever seems to fill your liking. :)

Hi! I am a Leghorn owner. For the most part, everything about "flighty" is true. You can help with that if you wanted, though. When I first got mine, they would fly across the room and cackle. But the more time I spent with them, they got used to me and my family. Now they'll hang around my...

Aw, that is an inspirational story. It must've been relieving to hear that peep! Congrats; you have a true fighter! I love the name Lazarus. :)

They are so beautiful! Congratulations!!! Hatching chicks is a great way to start off spring!! :)

Thanks for replying! So just take any eggs from the nest; doesn't matter which ones? But that sounds like a plan. I'll do that. Thanks a lot and appreciated!

Hi, I also have questions about finding clucks: truthfully, what really is a cluck? Is it a hen that frequently visits the nests everyday but still doesn't sit in the m 24/7? Does a cluck make odd quiet little noises while she's sitting but still can be obnoxiously loud when she's outside? What...

Hi, I want to start hatching my own chicks soon but I'm stuck on the rooster's part. When he mates with a hen, is the egg (whether it has a shell or not) immediately fertilized? Or do I have to wait until the egg that's done 'growing' and ready-to-lay comes out, and then then next will be...

Yes, I'll definitely raise the protein levels. And get a few more feeders. :) The yard is 20-by-16 ft. for 30 birds. Thanks!!!! :)

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

One feather-picked area is on the rear. When my hens eat, a few certain chickens go under them and jump to get a good bite of the plumage. In order to eat, a hen has to jump up a foot and half onto a board. Another area is the chest. When a couple of my hens sit by each other, one will study the...

I probably won't do it. My hens only get irritated. But thank you!

A couple of my hens pick on the others. I've received advice from several people that Pine Tar would give the attackers a bitter taste if they pecked the slathered hen. But my question is this: How do you apply the Pine Tar? Do you just smear it all over the hen, or something? I tried one hen...