I have a mixed flock. Wondering what crosses these new chicks could be..
My eggs all look about the same a medium brownish color from my hens...
silver laced wyandottes
brown leghorn
welsummer
rhode islsnd red
Buff orpington
cuckoo maran
dominques
The posible roosters are...
black austrolorps...
I got some this spring from a tractor supply place. They are apparently crosses between black australorp roosters and white leghorn hens. Do you like yours? What are their personalities like? Any pics?
heres my Dixie
So, when a peacock starts the breeding process is it normal for him to get aggressive with the females? Or maybe it just looks aggressive?
I went out to the barn last week and my peahens were frantically trying to get away from my peacock who was chasing them. They were all breathing hard...
So, when a peacock starts the breeding process is it normal for him to get aggressive with the females? Or maybe it just looks aggressive?
I went out to the barn last week and my peahens were frantically trying to get away from my peacock who was chasing them. They were all breathing hard...
Is it a hen or roo? I keep getting alternating answers. It is about five months old. Is always picked on. Tail feathers have been chronically picked off by the others. The feathers have never been allowed to grow in. Haven't heard it crow, try to mount a hen or lay an egg. No clue. I call it...
If your chickens are anything like mine, fifty percent of your pictures are 'photobombed'... whether you want them to be or not!
-----GIT outta the picture Henrietta!!!
Show off your photobombed pictures!
---Darn it Martha!!!
I name my chickens. I know 'they' say not to. I do it anyway for many different reasons. First, I think of my chickens as pets, who wouldn't name their dogs? Second, it helps me to keep track of my flock. Third, it helps me tell them apart so I can better assess personality and health.
Having...