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Definitely crowing but currently a giant baby (he ran away from a sparrow today) and enamored with my dog. I know he’s got plenty of time to turn into a jerk, but of course, I am now in love with him.

Oh that’s a great idea! Dog training, I can do. Chickens...I’m still working on it. He definitely just wants nothing to do with me, which I’m hoping is a good sign. He avoids me when I’m changing water and filling feeders, etc.

Not that I have witnessed.

Don’t tell him, but I am already afraid of him due to deep rooted childhood trauma from an absolute monster of a rooster we had as kids. Thankfully, he isn’t attacking nor does he yet appear to be trying to assert dominance. Although, I know he’s just starting to enter sexual maturity. Is there...

I have 4 New Hampshire reds. Two are appx 12 weeks, and two are appx 10. (I say approximate bc I don’t fully trust the accuracy of the ages I was told at purchase based on feathering, size, etc). For about 3 weeks I’ve been fairly certain one of the older is a cockerel. I have tried very...

I feed Nutrena Country Feeds Layer (16%). To my knowledge, I have never had respiratory illness in the flock. These two are pretty small, but my previous red stars have always been small birds. I did rehome a maran recently (bullying the other two) and she was huge, dare I say, even...

We have two red stars who are just over two years old. One of them has intermittently laid the odd egg (usually no shell) then she skips a day, then she returns to normal. However, recently she started to lay thin shelled repeatedly and her counterpart started to lay wrinkled eggs. There is...

Exposed the baby to the chickens or the other way around :confused:

Excellent information, thank you for sharing it. I hadn’t even considered it at this point because I just keep assuming this week is the week she will start.

True, I’ll try to check her this evening. Valid point about the feed, however I’m not entirely sure how that could be avoided? The other two started laying right around that time. You ended with “for her sake”. Because you think her health may be at stake? She eats, drinks, runs, moved...

Thank you for the replies. I should have been more specific, they “free range” on weekends when I’m home. They are contained to a run all week. No places to hide eggs. I started them on layer feed maybe around 16 weeks? Thank you for the tip about the space between the pelvic bone. It...

I have a 40 (ish) week old Cuckoo Maran who still isn't laying. About two weeks ago, she laid a very small (acorn size) hard shelled "egg", so I thought for sure she was finally ready. But nothing since... She is one of three chickens. The other two are red stars, who have been laying since...

I have the same question! She is supposed to be a Cuckoo Maran. She’s 7.5 months old and still not laying, so no clue on the egg color. Her comb seems different than a Cuckoo but no yellow legs like a Barred. She’s a beast compared to the red star and the imaginary-amber link (who is...

I second the Orpingtons. It wasn't desired in our case, but it sure didn't stop them!

Yes, we went back and forth about the height. The two double doors in the front makes it so i can reach all corners to rake it out when I clean, so that works for us.

After a brief hiatus from chickens, we decided to build our second coop. One mistake we made last time was not maximizing the run space. I’m happy to let them out to free range, but I hate feeling like I have to-especially when the hawks are close by. Although we have less chickens (three...

Having the storage in the shed was the best idea. I can't imagine having to lug that stuff or there every time I have to clean the coop/run. Certainly wish the run was bigger, but we make a point to make sure they get out daily to roam the yard and eat my roses :rolleyes: We've discussed...

Yes thank you for that suggestion, if it was in fact meant sincerely. Not logistically possible with the current set up. And I'm not willing to make major adaptions at this point. Outside roost was removed today and all five are roosted inside. Appears that solved the problem. Thanks for...