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They’re beautiful! Fingers crossed they are hens!

We have kept our bantam roo for now. He’s got a pretty friendly personality right now...not too bossy with the girls but provides them with some protection. He alerts them when there’s larger birds flying over and rounds them up if they wander. We will have to see how he does with our next four...

Unfortunately he had to go back to the farm. He was stopping my two youngest pullets from eating and chasing them to peck at them. He was the alpha for sure but was becoming a bit of a bully and went for blood with our bantam roo. The farmer said he was going to be a pretty big guy full grown...

Very helpful, thank you. You confirmed that bringing our standard roo back to the farm was the best choice. He was starting to get a little jerky towards the younger hens, stopping them from eating and chasing them around to peck them. Finally he went after the bantam roo, which I tried to let...

The standard roo and bantam roo started fighting pretty intensely so we did give our standard roo back to the farm. He was a big guy and it was recommended for him to have a large flock of hens to reduce the chance of harming them. He was also crowing quite loudly in our quiet neighborhood. He...

Hello friends, I have 4 Lakeshore Eggers and have read what little info is out there about them. Most articles say they are sexable at birth but I’ve read conflicting info that says it’s difficult to tell because of their mixed breed. All were supposed to be ladies, but I have one (for now) in...

I am afraid one of them does look a lot like mine did at that age. The other has a very pale comb and looks like a pullet. We ended up with 3 Roos out of 8 and we lost one of our brahma bantams early on from a birth defect. This is the hard part about raising chickens!

I did notice some behavior changes in ours around 4-4.5 weeks. He went from the sweetest chick ever to pecking me hard whenever I reached into the brooder. I mean like biting pecking. He has slowed down on that and is easy to handle again (he’s 6 weeks). He also butts chests with the other...

Great point, I do feel that hers is already on the more aggressive/bossy side. He doesn’t peck at her, yet. And he will be a large bird full grown. Just not worth the risk.

I did not even consider the teenage hormone period at all, thanks for that tip. We didn’t want any roosters, but we ended up with 3. I’ve already given one back to the farm we got him from but one of the others is my daughters. She is so attached but I told her they will most likely all have to...

We have two 6 week old cockerels and will have 6 hens total. I’ve heard that each rooster should have 8-10 hens, but with one being a bantam will I need more than that?

That’s what I thought...they both harass the girls!

Hi all! We started off with a flock of 8 and 1 was definitely a cockerel and 2 in question. One is a buff brahma bantam and has a red comb...the farmer we got them from thinks he’s a boy. The second one is a blue australorp and the farmer thinks she’s a girl. I think the blue lorp is a...

Hi all! When indentifying the gender on pullets and cockerels, do you check the comb, wattle, or both? I have 5 week old black australorps with small yellow combs, but red wattles are starting to show. Is that just normal development for this age? I have 2 blue lorps that are definitely...

Thanks for your comment, I strongly feel that he is a cockerel also.