Recent content by garyblaine

In the coop with the rooster we have 4 birds. 2 Brahmas-- 1 roo and 1 hen, the other 2 are white leghorns I believe. As far as Broodiness goes, I have a partridge silkie in another pen and she likes to go broody. Sometimes she will do it for 3 weeks or so. I just keep taking the egss out from...

After discovering we have a rooster, how long will it be before he will start to mate? He is around 5 months old and just now crowing. Another question is how do you tell if you have a fertilized egg vs. one that isn't fertilized. I don't want to crack one open and find something other than a...

Thank you everyone for your help. My sons were exited when I told them "Violet" was a rooster and we need to change the name.

I thought this was supposed to be a Hen but, heard it crow the other day. Just need help with telling the difference between the 2. What do you look for?

Is it true that some "hens" will crow if they are the dominate one. I have a Standard size Brahma that I was for sure a hen by the feathers and comb features. I was standing outside today and heard her make a very bad crowing sound not once, but 3 times. She did sound better the 3rd time but...

This is sam. Our partridge silkie.Looks like she isnt having a good day.

This picture doesnt do justice to her. She is very loving and gentle. I just thought it was a good picture.

These are the first 2 coops I have made. The A frame was first then this year I converted my sons swing set into one.,,

We bought a new swingset for our 6yr old and I converted his old one into a new hotel for some new girls we adopted.

Can someone tell me what these chickens are?

This probably going to be easy for some to answer. Ifollowed the directions on how to post pics,but when I go to browse for the pic I want,it kicks me out. Any thoughts?

Our chickens had what looked like a bunch of dirt and droppings collected on their toes.Thet were formed like balls on their toenails. I could pull them of the last time but this time one was pretty big and went it came off so did the toenail. It still has the shape of the nail but it is very...