Thank you all. This is very helpful. I got them from a reputable hatchery but I guess I just had some bad luck. I am just glad that I am not giving away hens acting as roosters for a few days!
Thanks!
After my flock dwindled down to zero I started a whole new group. I got 11 chicks almost all of which were different but they were all supposed to be sexed.
I'm at four months now and I had a few start crowing that I had to get rid of. Then I noticed a few more crowing and they were pretty...
We have this Blue Copper Marin that is about six weeks old. She has foot feathers that somewhat hide her toes, but we looked at them more closely today and are concerned about her feet. This is a picture of one foot but the other one is pretty much the same.
This appears to be a problem but...
I am finalizing plans for my first coop and was trying to decide if I should build the egg boxes inside the coop with an access panel to get the eggs from the outside or build the whole box so it is attached to the outside.
I am going to have 4-5 chickens and the two issues I would see is...