Well, I finally lost count of how many days its been since my rooster died. I guess that's a good thing. I was quite surprised to gather eggs today for fried eggs for lunch and find that I still have three hens laying fertilized eggs. It has in fact been 17 days since he died. Could that still...
I got final necropsy results in today, and it seems my rooster died from a severe trachea infection due to somthing lodged in mucous plug in his throat. He had pneumonia, which caused the mucous. But what caused the pnemonia seems to be a bit of a mystery. He was negative for mareks, avian flu...
I have a 1year old BO who is a little quiet and subdued. She had leg mites,bwhich I have not treated because I just learned what to do from this forum. She's not one of my birds who tolerates handling well. I have a couple of birds molting, but here's what really scares me: I lost my rooster 12...
My 5 month old barred rock roo is not crowing yet. I keep thinking that today will be the day. Has anyone had a roo not crowing at this age? He looks roo to me, and I've had a couple of people who know chickens look at photos and they are all in aggreement that he's a roo.
I have a young Barred Rock roo. He's scared of anything, especsially the dominant hens. He's grown up with this flock. He is starting to spar with the other pullets who are not laying, but he runs from the bigger hens. He's not doing anything protective, but for the last couple of days he has...
I aquired a laying hen and what was supposed to be 2 of her pullets. They were about 6 wks old at the time. Well, I'm pretty sure on of those pullets is a roo. I do want to raise chicks, but would it be acceptable for him to father chicks by his mother? Seems awful weird to me, but maybe...
Hello. I'm fairly new to this chicken thing, and I never could have imagined the journey it would take me on. I have 5 laying hens, and 6 others who are very close to laying or a little younger. My youngest ones are about 12 weeks old. I also have another chicken, that I've raised with this...