My turkey, Lu, left me a mysterious egg! On the left is an example of a normal egg she offers me. Off white, speckled with dark brown and shiny. Yesterday I go to take care of her and find this magical egg she squeezed out! Picture is horrible quality, but the right egg is much whiter than her...
My rooster is really into one of our guinea hens. Like, they are always together. He sits on her. She picks things off his waddle. ...They even have some romance. I read online that they can actual crossbreed. So I wanted to hatch some of her eggs...anyone have an idea of the gestation period?
My coop is 14x14 feet. Currently it houses a rooster, two hens, and four baby chicks. Tomorrow is a chicken show and my family wants to get more guinea fowl . How many guineas can I get without overcrowding the coop? The guineas will be released in a week to free range with our other birds.
Thanks guys, that really means a lot. I'm just glad I got to know him. I feel like it's my fault though, like maybe there was something I could have done to help him? I don't know.
Georg died years ago, but we had him for about five or six years (I think we got him as an adult). We always left the coop open for him and kept an eye on him when he was around other roosters. He did pretty well for himself and we tried to keep objects in the same place because he managed to...
That is one fabulous looking hen! She looks (breed-wise) like this fighting cock I adopted from the SPCA several years ago (we rescued him from a ring he was apparently made to fight in).