Recent content by jayyohe

Southwestern PA here...

Basically just wondering if the smaller bantam variety roosters crow as loud as the standard variety roosters? Just found out we have 3 bantam roosters (not hens as we hoped) and my wife wants to keep one of them. We rest of our flock consists of 7 standard size brown egg laying hens (about 5...

No choice but to keep all the chickens in the same coop/run, so we don't have a way to keep them separated. Kinda have a feeling we will be getting rid of all of the roosters and sticking with the girls. We can keep roosters but not sure how happy the neighbors will be. Again, can't thank...

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Thanks for all the replies and for pointing us in the right direction. Don't feel bad though as we were not told what sex they were when we purchased them. Can't believe that we got 3 boys though. Dang it! We have 7 other standard sized brown egg laying hens that we ordered from a hatchery...

Hi all - we are brand new to chickens and need some help identifying what we have. We picked up these 3 birds when they were just 2 weeks old at our local Tractor Supply Chicken Swap. I believe we were told they were bantams at the time but didn't know the breed. From our online research, we...