Recent content by Fiordaliza

Oh, and he's all by himself now in a separate coop. Maybe he's missing his hens that's why he won't eat?

You may remember in the summer I posted about my two roosters, asking for advice which one to keep. Well, in the end I just couldn't let go either of them so instead I separated them and created two flocks instead. Everything went fine for long months until yesterday somehow one of them managed...

I forgot to attach a photo of the fella:

That's quite a good point about the offspring, thanks. Since I'm not planning to intervene if any of the hens go broody, I certainly don't want him to pass on his aggressive genes

Thanks for your reply Of course, every piece of advice is appreciated :) Do you think the less aggressive rooster may take on the habit of perching and crowing?

This may sound a bit silly to many of you but anyhow.... I have 2 ten month old roosters and they appear to be just one too many for the size of my flock and my garden. This means I need to sell 1 of them sooner or later (I wouldn't have the heart to cull them cause they've been with me since...

Thank you for your reply. I cannot see anything in her beak that would look different from the inside of the other two hens beaks. I tried to feel her crop and it felt like it was sticking out a bit maybe but then I examined the other chickens and their chests felt the same. If it's an...

Hi everyone, I'm quite new to keeping chicken, I actually got 3 hens early in June and they're alive and well ever since. However, one of them has this strange behavior: she apparently cannot swallow dry food like seeds or ground corn very well and sort of coughs up some of the food and shakes...