Here they are now, at 8 mos old. All 3 are great birds! Calm, quiet & docile.
Buddy is the nicest, most calm & laid-back cockerel &/or rooster I've ever been around. He's a such a good boy, so we kept him despite my saying I would never again have a rooster. 💙
The pullets are bigger than my...
I found the 1st pullet eggs on Aug 19th, which put them at 25-26 weeks old.
Jellybean (blue) lays a dark brown, rounder shaped egg, much thicker shell than her sister's. Her egg is on far left.
Jellybean lays more often that Cookie, 4-5x/wk. Cookie lays 2- 3, maybe 4 on a good week. 🤔...
Attaching updated pics. They are now 8 mos old & all 3 are super sweet birds!
Buddy is HUGE & (thank God!) the nicest, calmest cockerel &/or rooster I've ever been around! Has never exhibited any human aggression whatsoever! 🙏🏼 Which is awesome because he'd no longer be part of our flock...
Here's an update on these babies. I've attached pics of the 3 that are still part of our flock. Pics are of them at 12, then again at almost 20 weeks.
Lost the black chick (cockerel), Cuckoo (pullet) and our sweet, sweet Honey to an unknown predator who got into the outdoor brooder after the...
SAME! & I constantly read of how "chickens will eat anything", " my chickens just LOVE ____fill in the blank__."
But nope, not mine! I toss stuff out for them & if it's not blueberries, mealworms, or sometimes rolled oats, they look at me like I've lost my mind. Weeza then goes to squawking...
I had some poultry dust already, so I sprinkled that in one of my pots where the ants were killing my marigolds. 🤬 I also sprinkled some around perimeter of the coop. Ran out before all of it got done, but figured I'd at least test with what I had and go from there.
I moved the plant around...
Having just come in from tending to my chickens & now treating the ant bites I incur almost every single time I go out there these days, I cannot explain just how much satisfaction I felt watching this video. Burn, little suckers, BURN!
I've tried this. Mound just ends up popping up again elsewhere. Especially after rain, which we've had A LOT of here in the Tx Hill Country over the past 10 days.
I think the ants are also getting smarter. Some of the mounds are relocating in my large potted plants. Guessing they know I'm...
I'm so sorry. I've never seen that & had no clue what it could be. So, of course, I googled it. 🤭
Obviously, I have NO idea if this is what is going on with your little guy, but at least it may serve as a starting point as you continue to try and find a way to help him.
A rooster's toes...