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Hello everyone, I'm wondering about how to go about introducing a puppy to my flock. The pup in question will be an Australian Shepherd. The flock has run of the entirety of the yard- about 1/2 an acre that's fenced. I'm assuming that keeping the puppy leashed initially is best but beyond that...

Hopefully someone else chimes in, but that might be normal behaviour. My dominant pullet has always been similar- she’d bite and/or try and pull off any who were sitting higher up than her- recently she pulled some tail feathers out of one of the cockerels for that sin. The wing flapping seeks...

It’s possible for Hens to crow, I had a Cochin that would crow once in awhile.

Yep front one is definitely a cockerel.

That’s bad odds with only 3 birds but it happens. Might check if they’ll take him back or not if you can’t keep him.

Same for me. As tiny babies they're all terrified of me, but as they get older they get much more friendly and curious.

Yep with Wattles at that age, that's a little cockerel.

This is Nugget. He started "crowing" at 6-7 weeks old. In reality he simply sounds like a squeaky toy. Meanwhile his Easter Egger "brothers" haven't made a peep and they're now all around 11 weeks old.

This one is a cockerel, the bright red coming in, combined with the color of the comb and the tail says it all. The other two are looking like pullets to me, but the last is a bit hard to see.

Ohh that makes more sense. I know the feeling, I'm watching the rest of mine hoping they don't end up being roosters.

I think that’s the case for more pure rocks, but with hatcheries it’s not always so distinct. Also you have 6 Roos out of 21? I thought I was bad with 3 of my sexed pullets being Roos.

It’s 50/50 odds but it’s but likely confirmation bias- it’s more likely someone will mention ending up more a ton of roosters and is more memorable when someone ends up with more roosters than pullets, but not quite as much the other way.

I’m not as experienced as many others, so someone else may chime in and correct me, but your barred rock is still suspicious. You can see the little wattles coming in under his chin which at such a young age is not a good sign. I’ve only had the one barred rock, but my pullets that’s about twice...

Combs are the parts on the top of the head, they're spiky in your barred rock. The wattles are the dangly parts under the chin, but I don't see those in yours just yet. You can see the comb better in my girl here. The combs develop larger, faster in males than in females. Your little Barred Rock...

Are they actually bullying the others? I have a 3 week difference between my oldest and youngest chicks and they get along fine, though the eldest is bossy.

Mine came from a local feed-store/general store. I might be able to keep 1 of them, but not all 3, if they’re not aggressive to humans.

Not sure if you’re talking to me or OP, but I’m actually allowed to have roosters as I’m out of the city limits, I’m just worried about the noise and the neighbors. Someone way down the street does have roosters and I hear them crowing sometimes. Also have 3 of them so I’d have to rehome at least 1.

That's what I thought, thanks all for the confirmation.

Of course, I just said I was surprised to learn it, not that it was a rule.

The Easter Eggers are somewhere around 6 weeks, give or take a week. The Cochin I believe is about the same as well, I got it a few days after but it was more feathered at the time. All are definitely under 10 weeks.