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If fertilized eggs are only viable for a week or so, how come a hen can have 15 chicks in 1 clutch once she gets broody? I am marking the eggs that are being laid, there are about 10 or so now (I took about 10 out yesterday that I thought were "too old"), I don't think they are all from 1 hen...

Ok, so now I think I have 2 roo's. Sugar Nobody was sure.. She all of a sudden grew a red comb. Spice, all agreed was a roo... Below pic..

Hi there, So last week and the week before, 2 of my Bantams laid eggs (the one had been a mom before and the other is new to this). They are free range chickens and are out all day, I leave their barn door open all day and only close it once all of them go in to roost. When there was a...

Dutch Bantams.. they are 3 weeks old now. Sugar... Spice... Spices little comb has turned pink within 1 day (but hens and roo's have pink/red combs when fully grown). Do feathers of dutch bantams give you a clue?

So a neighbour gave me a rooster and 2 hens (all young still). The girls should start laying in September, Spring time for us and the rooster doesnt have spurs yet. Not sure if that is an indication of his youth at all. Our bantam rooster, The Leader Of The Pack, decided he woud park off on top...

Hi all, I have 3 young silver sebrights, 1 young dutch bantam roo. 2 x 2 week old Dutch bantams, still in a brooder inside (hopefully hens) and 7 golden sebrights adults. I am getting a pair of Rhode Island Red cross New Hampshire tomorrow. Will they all get along. What is the easiest way to...

Well I actually have 3, but the 1 is def a female (her comb is almost nonexistent and blackish brown). Here are the 2 in question: Robin Rose

And these golden Sebright 'babies' (about 10 weeks) 1 roo and 2 pullets behind their mom?

So I took 4 golden sebrights roosters back. Went to get some more hens. Silver chicks. They are 6 weeks old and seem so small! The one with the redish combe looks to me like a roo, but the lady I got them from insists they are all female and said she will send a pic of a roo the same age to...

It is a wooden wendy house, with glass windows. Probably about 4 X 4 metres (No that isn't a spelling error here in South Africa ) I see some peeps are using river sand. Is it good? I have wood shavings, (we call it saw dust), but haven't covered the entire floor with it. Should I? I have...

Well at lease that is what they look like to me! I think I have 5 roo's in the 1st pic and in the 2nd pic, 1 little roo. I am absolutely CLUELESS. Do any female sebrights get combs/wattles? I have NO idea what their ages are either. Any guesses?

Hi Everyone,Lovely to have found you and I wanted to say Hi! I am completely new to chickens and am overwhelmed reading some of the info here! We recently moved to a farm, we have 5 cats, 2 dogs, 4 peacocks, 2 rabbits and a 58 year old tortoise I went to a nursery 3- days ago and noticed...