Recent content by bellcole

Sounds like good advice, but that would mean I'd have to keep two flocks of birds in order to keep the boys separate (and would have to get rid of one now.) My old guy is a pretty nice rooster, but I worry about his feet - when he mounts the girls he kind of tears them up. At this point, he...

Figures they would be mutts. My two dogs are highly mixed breeds as well. I know I can't keep all three roosters; my original intent - when I thought I was adding 6 hens, was to just keep the old rooster. Now I'm wondering, based on what breeds these new guys are, if I should keep one and get...

I got 6 chicks (supposed to be pullets - ha!) in March and moved them into the outdoor pen in June before we went on a 4 week vacation. The first morning back, we heard a feeble rooster call (I already have one rooster already, and it wasn't him!) I haven't been able to catch him in the act to...

Hi, my name is Peggy and I live in southeastern Pennsylvania. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm 5 years into my second stint of chickens. The first was over 20 years ago when my daughter brought home chicks from her second grade classroom. They grew to 4-5 hens...