My 10 week old chick which we think definitly looks like a hen, started to honk! She sounds so strange and like a goose...
Is this normal!? Is it her voice breaking or something?
thanks for your replies.. i actually tired putting them in there with the other chickens earlier today but as soon as they got pecked they panicked completely and ran around madly. I hated seeing that happen so I took them out and put them in the cage which is next to the big ones.
Is it...
here is another pictures that I didnt get a chance to put up before because I had to race out the door... im glad to here it looks like a hen. we had to take our lovely Australorp who turned out to be a rooster back.
and yes they do look funny with no tail!!
its because they were in a pen...
This are my two new chickens. Unfortunatly its hard to tell what gender they are because their tails have been pecked. Would any of you know? They are around 17 weeks old.
well just gave him back to the breeder and she said he looked really handsome and good (i dont know what they look for..but she liked the loko of how he'd turnt out) she might keep him as a prize rooster.. (his dad won second prize in the sydney royal easter show)
we actually just gave him away. we had since about 9 weeks old to 20 weeks old. he was really lovely... we swapped him for a hen from the original breeder we got him from. she said she might keep him and see if he grows into a potentially prize winning rooster! his dad won second prize in the...
I have a 20 week old rooster who is nice and calm at the moment. We have handled him lots since he was young. He is very nice boy. At what age do they start bothering the hens? And will he get agressive as he grows older?
I was dusting my chickens with for mites this arvo. All of the older chickens, even the rooster were extremely dosile on their back, halfway upside down.
When I did my younger 1o week old chicks they absolutly hated bing turnt over! They protested like crazy! Totally the opposite of the other...
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I have no idea what she had. Thought she really wouldnt make it. She just lay there, couldnt stand up, didnt really eat much and slept all the time. Until, one day she miraculously stood up and slowly got stronge. (this was all around three weeks old)
Ever since she has been fine...