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My roo does not have any smell either. Sometimes he gets poo stuck to his feathers because he is rumpless and I have to clean his tush up. But he does not have a "natural" odor.

Thank You for the direction on the BR I will check them out!

I was checking into hatchery Delawares from Meyer. Have you had any of them and butchered? People say that they are friendly, so they do not fit the terrible personality part But IF I absolutly could not bring myself to butcher them the females would lay eggs and butchering roos would be...

Where did you get your birds...I want some!

Oh MY you could buy an organic chicken at Fresh Market (high end fresh food grocer) for less than $12.00. WOW doesn't sound worth it AT ALL! Guess it would have to be dual purpose or grocery store for me. I had a feeling my cost to raise them would in the end not be worth it. I do feel...

Interesting, never thought about using a battery. I need to go out and do some looking and see if the light would be far enough away from chickens to not cause a problem. My tractor has a fairly low ceiling height. I was thinking about building a permenant coop as the free ranging is working...

I do not have any chickens that are really special.....with the exception of an all black Araucana hen that is pretty nice looking. The rest may as well be hatchery birds. I do not sell any eggs, they are just for our family's use. That being said, I do have them for pets a little bit but...

I guess I will keep on eye on them. Hopefully they are straightened back out soon and will return to laying again with no problems. Funny my sister had some feral chickens in a barn. Just threw them some horse feed here and there. No locking them up at night, worming, supplementing, feeding...

Mine have access to layer feed 24/7. They free range all day. They do not eat much of the layer feed as they prefer ranging all day. Not sure what the problem could be, they act happy and healthy. Should I worm them?

They are Wyandottes so not really an egg production bird. They started laying and stopped a month ago and started moulting.

So moulting is a sign of good health? I know putting a light in the coop will help with laying in the winter, but I was planning to let them lay natural. I have a chicken tractor so putting a light up isn't really feasible. If I have them laying natually do you then end up with the chicken...

His article said they can moult for up to 9 months. Mine have only been moulting for a month or so. I am wondering if they moult 1 or 2 times a year and for a few months each time and do not lay eggs in the winter...when am I getting any eggs? Kind of frustrating...mine started laying right...

My 2 Wyandottes are moulting right now. Strange nature has chickens moulting in the winter???? So from your article...which was great by the way, my chickens might not lay again for 9 months?