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    Is this booted bantam a rooster??

    Thanks! I was pretty sure those feathers were a sure sign of a male. But all my previous roosters have all crowed so much earlier. Never had a rooster start later than 3 months. However this is the only male i have at present. Also, this one is quite friendly with me but is generally a big...
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    Is this booted bantam a rooster??

    This is my 5 month old (22 weeks) booted bantam. From an early age i thought it was a pullet but recent feather and comb development has me confused. She/he is a bit of an oddball because she has one slightly crooked leg and curled toes on that leg, issues which gradually came on from about...
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    Pullet with foul smelling beak and black under tongue

    I have a 6 month old Japanese bantam pullet who has recently been a bit smelly. Her poop and behaviours are all normal. But i realised today the bad smell is coming from her mouth. So i checked in her beak and found that under her tongue there is like a layer of dark grey matter that goes down...
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    4 year old rooster losing weight and pale

    Popcorn died today.
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    4 year old rooster losing weight and pale

    This photo was taken about a week ago. In real life the comb and wattles look much paler than the photo makes them appear. He is a Sabelpoot bantam. There are no signs of of any injuries or wounds. He lives indoors and has never had any significant injuries.
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    4 year old rooster losing weight and pale

    My 4 and a half year old house rooster,Popcorn, has been slowly getting more ill for the past couple of months. He was fine until he started his annual moult in July. He always moults slowly, over about 3 months. However this year, mid moult i noticed his comb started to go floppy and a bit...
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    No eggs since September

    Thanks for the replies. I've just treated them for worms. Hopefully it was just the stress of the coop change forcing them into early moult and they are now waiting for a bit more light. I have to say, I'm missing the eggs, but I'm enjoying the blissful quiet of non laying hens!
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    Broody hen sitting on eggs

    You should definitely separate them as the other hen will probably attack the chicks. Could you put up some kind of wire netting/fencing to temporarily divide the coop, so that the two hens can still see each other but the other hen can't get to the chicks? If they can't all see each other at...
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    No eggs since September

    I have a flock of 6 bantam hens. Two of them are 3 years old, two of them are 2 years old, and two of them just turned 1. Out of the six, two of them have always been quite poor layers (they would lay 2-3 eggs a week in spring/summer), the rest lay 4-6 eggs a week at their peak. Anyway all 6...
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    Rooster Pictures.

    This is my house cockerel, Popcorn. He is a lemon millefleur sabelpoot (booted bantam).
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    Chicks under broody hen?

    :goodpost:
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    My one eyed cross beaked broiler

    She is lovely. I'm so thankful for people like you to take care of these animals who might otherwise have been considered not worth giving a chance. :love:clap
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    Sexing 5 week old chicks

    It's a bit confusing from the photos but from your first post I gather you have five chicks. One black, two blue, and two white. The Sussex both look like pullets. Based on photos 1 & 2 in your last post the Australorp looks like a cockerel. One of the Andalusians is a cockerel, but not sure...
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    Maran mix- M or F?

    Cockerel.
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    When, by God,When

    When were the chicks fully 'weaned'? When mother hens stop letting the chicks snuggle up with them to sleep and peck the chicks away if the chicks try to take their treats, they are weaned. This can take anywhere between 4 weeks and 4 months depending on the hen. After that my hens usually lay...
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    So who is the most friendly breed?

    This is so true. Any chicken of any breed can become friendly with a certain upbringing, just as any chicken of any breed can become skittish or defensive. Hamburgs are apparently a flighty and skittish breed, yet my hamburg pullet follows me around and flies into my bedroom window to see me...
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    So who is the most friendly breed?

    This is so true. Any chicken of any breed can become friendly with a certain upbringing, just as any chicken of any breed can become skittish or defensive. Hamburgs are apparently a flighty and skittish breed, yet my hamburg pullet follows me around and flies into my bedroom window to see me...
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    Stop killing seramas!!!

    This is my serama hen. She weighs just under 350g.
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    Stop killing seramas!!!

    I meant 'horrific' if chickens are being slaughtered ONLY for the reason of not being quite right looking. I don't know a lot about if/how this is actually done but the idea of it brought to mind the way unwanted male chicks are callously ground up after hatching. If imperfect seramas are being...
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    Stop killing seramas!!!

    In general the idea of breeders 'culling' their 'stock' that don't have the traits they desire is horrific. I thought that is what was meant by the OP in that many people are so concerned with their seramas having to look a certain way, which is not even feasible in the example of single...
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