I actually returned another one of these birds at 8 weeks because I thought it was a cockerel, the guy said they were all single comb white sussex hens and he got them from McMurray, they all looked like lil roosters to me, but I htough I was just being paranoid, so I kept one anyway, but now...
Three out of my four hens were killed while my wife and I were out of town. Father-in-Law was supposed to be locking the coop at night, but I have a sneaking suspicion he didn't. My brother in law found them in the morning in different areas of my yard, the carcasses were found intact not a...
I had some steamed oysters for dinner last night can I grind up the left over shells and feed them to my chickens, or is there anything I need to do to make them edible?
Thanks,
Adam
We have 3 in question they are around six weeks now, not sure of the exact hatch date. Pretty sure we know the answer, but wanted to double check before we re homed them.
1st is red
2nd is Rooster (we had our suspicions early)
3rd is Bessie
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Howdy,
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