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This is the one that hatched from a RIR egg

I live in NC on the East Coast. Fall is right around the corner along with hurricanes. I had one Red go broody already this year and she is raising 15 chicks that she has hatched. This is about a month ago. Now I have another Red that has gone broody and I'm wondering if it's to late in the year...

This one is from a LH Rooster & RIR Hen This one is from a RIR Rooster & RIR Hen

Some babies are from a Leghorn Hen & RIR Rooster & one from the RIR Hen & Rooster

Just to let everyone know... So I had the RIR Rooster in his own run for a while and fed him for a day without really giving the hens any treats. Once they saw that, they wanted to hang out around his run. So I let in the two less aggressive Reds I have. They worked great with him. After a...

I said something, not meaning to. I'm not trying to have them fight by no means. I had the Rooster in there for protection against other situations around here, ex; other animals. He was not put in there for fighting with them. I know there is a pecking order and I thought he would roll in there...

ChickenCanoe, I built two coops. I was going to separate the leghorns and the RIRs. I'll put the rooster in the bigger one and introuduce and have him in there with the little weaker "not so tuff" chickens. The rest with the bully hens, I'll put in the other one and after about a week, I'll put...

I'm new to the chicken world. Had a friend that didn't want his hens anymore, so I took them off his hands. It was 4 RIR and 5 Leghorns. They have been together since they were little. They get along great. I received a huge RIR rooster the other day, and he gets ganged up on by all the hens. He...