This spring we added 3 new chicks to our group (making 6 total) and one of the new ones turned out to be a rooster. It’s a beautiful Easter egger but the past few weeks it has started to really pick on two of our other hens from the original flock. It’s to the point where their combs are...
We originally had a rooster as well, but had to give it away earlier this year as it was getting to be too aggressive with my 2 year old daughter. Its so sad to think that my hen might still be here if we had kept the rooster around!
One of our hens went missing yesterday while free ranging in our yard. We found a trail of feathers leading into the woods, so we are assuming it was taken away by a predator :(. This is very sad, but not very surprising as we live in a heavily wooded area. Now we have our hens locked in their...
Back in April bright home 6 chicks, 3 golden comets and 3 barred rock, as a first time chicken owner. Turns out one of the barred rock is a roo, and I am now frantically trying to learn about keeping a roo as I originally planned to only raise hens. Any advice on the essential information I...