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Has anyone ever kept a rooster completely separate from the hens? I introduced a 20 week old black Australorp rooster to my 8- 4 yo hens and he was doing great. It's been about a month he's been with them. Usually does the kittle wing dance for them to "ask permission". I have been introducing...

25 days ago I was given 6 BLRW hatching eggs from a friend who wanted to see if the eggs were fertile,5/6 eggs were fertile. Four of the chicks hatched yesterday(day 24), but one of them has a single comb, is this normal? He had all the BLRW's in their separate breeding pen and all of them have...

Hi all, I'm looking for advice please. I have a lone hen who has a damaged vent and seems to leak urates causing damp messy feathers below her vent. She is otherwise healthy. She is however, IMO lonely and I would like to get her a companion but I am very worried that another hen would pick on...

Hi, everyone! I am new to the forum and I am sorry if I am not familliar with some of the rules. I wanted to ask for advice from more experienced bird keepers, and to be more precise, I am talking about Japanese quail. For around 2 years I've been taking care for two quail hens as pets. About a...

Tips for raising a single chick? Only one of three eggs hatched and survived so now the chick is by itself. What's worse is my broody hen has rejected the chick. I can't imagine why, but she is not keeping it so I will have to raise it myself. I understand that raising a single chick is no...

It just hit spring time here and Tempest has laid a single egg and I put it in a little plastic kennel with some pine shavings and she wants to sit on the single egg without compiling a nest of several, she is desperate for children and here I am getting ready for us all to move in a month what...

Hi all, So I'm going to post a few pics of my two 7.5 week old silkie chicks and I would love for you to give me your thoughts on the partridge chick! I KNOW the white chick is a roo. He's had a comb and wattles since just a few weeks old. While mama is a show quality hen (blue ribbon winner...

Hello everyone! This is my first post, aside from my introduction. Thank you in advance for your help in using my old barn for a coop... maybe? Pending your thoughts and advice! I am a complete newbie at this and appreciate your patience and help. I live in NW Ohio and have a fairly decent...

Someone dumped a very young rooster in my yard. Im guessing hes about 2 months old, he's kind of tall but still chirps and trills like a chick.I have no experience with juvenile chickens but so far he is very sweet very clingy very lonely . He fights and talks to himself in the mirror and will...

Hypothetical Question: I have Single Barred & Double Barred Males, as well as Barred Females. Crossed over Crele Males & Crele Females. Can I cross them, then back cross to improve the barring on the Creles? If so, what is the best cross to accomplish this? Genetics explained with genes as...

Hello! I'm a newbie here but I have been reading your formus for a year now getting advice from a lot of you great people on how to take care of my 6 chickens. I live in Massachusetts and currently have a great 6 foot high steel chain link fence covered by chicken wire on the top. The run is 20...

Hi everybody. I'm here looking for a bit of advice, as I'm new to this whole thing. At work today, I found a single duck egg laying on the ground, nowhere near a nest. I was going to just leave it alone, but being that I'm a huge softie for animals, I couldn't help but try to save it. After a...

First of all I dont know my chicks gender, so ill be refering to the chick as him. my chick gets lonely quickly , we keep him near the varanda, he cries for people and occasionally jumps out of the basket we keep him in so we put a net over it . Usually when left alone he goes to sleep , eats or...