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Can someone show me a picture of a day old Frizzle Bantam? How do you tell if it will have very frizzly hair? Feathers?? I'm told that doesn't happen all of the time.

Oh, ok. Well, I don't have any harems goin' on in my coops. I have flower children (ie: chickens), living on a commune, sharing everything. And I do mean, everything!

And, what is a "harem master"? Never heard that one in relation to chickens. Maybe on line games!!

Yeah, I'm sure I will be just like a mother hen when they have finally hatched out...out there all the time, checking to see that no one hen is getting jealous or bossy. More space is a great idea.

Thanks Sue25. Temperament of the hens would make a huge difference in the outcome of raising broods together in the same coop. Makes sense.

What is a "natural dispersal mechanism"? What does that mean?

well, that's good news! Maybe I'll be that lucky.

Yes dear.

Ok, so three hens went broody within a week of each other. (Their first batch of eggs was eaten by snakes within two days of being hatched. GRRRRRRRRRRRR. Killed one snake, but the other survived and since has eaten a couple more. But that story is for another forum.) My questions regard...

Something was getting my flock, so I sat out in the pen all day yesterday to catch the vermin. It was a rather large coyote. Didn't catch or injure it, but scared him/her off. Anyway, I was thinking about investing in one of those floppy inflatable dancing tube characters. Has anyone done...

Hahaha. Yeah, me too...Cowlicks. Not sure which term I like best, or least...Cowlicks or frizzle.

There are no frizzles in the eggs that I gathered. There are Americanas, EEs, RIR, Marins, and mixes. Not a frizzed hair on any of them.

I have a 5 week old chick that has produced feathers like all other feathers, flat against their backs, wings, etc., EXCEPT for the shoulders. At both shoulders the feathers protrude at all angles and some are a little curly, sort of like s frizzle. It looks like cowlicks! Has anyone...

Nope. Haven't fed them anything extra or with cottonseed oil, and I don't think there is any shepards purse in my pasture. I'm in Texas and it is hot and dry and nothing is growing! Not even weeds. Oh, I have fed them cantaloupe rinds on occasion, but I don't think that would cause this...

I can't seem to find an answer for this, so I'll post it here and others can tell me where to go. I have cracked open two eggs now and find a greenish yolk inside. It doesn't smell bad. I fed my dog the first one and he was fine. I threw out the next one because it was even a darker, more...