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Roosters will always crow. But, in my experience, every time you add another, you double the crowing. They are constantly communicating their territory with the others. And it changes as the lead rooster wants to move about. Worst situation is when they are near each other but separated. They...

This is super helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective and experience!

Hello All, We have had poultry for many years, but never production-oriented hybrid layers (blue gem, novagen, copper dominant, golden sex link, etc) for more than 2 years. This is because we mostly kept ducks, meat chickens, turkeys, or the more "heritage" breeds of chickens. When we did...

Hello, I read that article and while it was interesting I do find it suspect. First, it demonstrates poor application of the scientific process, starting from chick acquisition, lack of feed program or acknowledgement of differing feed needs and never gaining a good control of the environmental...

We never figured it out. However, it has diminished in size substantially over time. Just a little knob now. Sorry I can't be more helpful. I hope yours gets better too!

My duck has the same thing. Just showed up one day, been there for about a month. The reason I let it go for so long is that at first it just looked like feathers pulled by the drake. Then I removed the drake and noticed it wasn't going away. After checking it there is a hard mass, not attatched...