I had too many fertile eggs for the incubator at school so I stuck 5 under my bantam mille fleur who was stubbornly broody at the time. Two or 3 days later she was walking around outside without a care in the world and I assumed the eggs were done for. Nope. When I checked, the bantam silkie...
i have a single guinea cock and several pet chickens... he chases the chickens around sometimes... i didn't think he could/would hurt them, but one of the young ones from this year got into the main pen by mistake and he really went after her... pulled out feathers! i've kept him around because...
I'm new to chickens - got my 1st last Spring. Two of the Polish were accidental roosters. One actually masqueraded as a hen until I gave the 1st one away! They were both enthusiastic crowers... all day. I had to get rid of the 2nd one also. One of the neighbors claimed it was giving her...