My silkie chicken hatched four eggs. All four are now five months old, and I have seen each one of them lower it's head, fluff out it's neck feathers, and fly at each other in rooster fights. Does that mean definitively that they are all boys? Do young hens ever show that kind of behavior? I...
I have five friendly pet chickens. From the top, I think my Mottled D'uccle is a hen because she/he gets along well with Baby, who I believe is a Blue Marans Rooster.
I have three silkies, two of which I think are roosters because they have a dark knob of skin above their beaks.
Baby is the...
I bought 9 baby chicks from a local seller. 3 have died in less than two weeks. I had 2 Marans, 4 silkies (bantam), and 3 D'uccles (bantam). Two of the D'uccles have died and one of the silkies. One of the D'uccles, Digger, was the first to die; I think was 'pasted up.' Had runny bowels and...