Hello everyone. It's been a fantastic journey thus far, with just a few hiccups along the way. A little background. I acquired ten chicks from a friend who incubated the eggs for her students with Autism (several are non-verbal, and none get to go to a regular ed science class) at two and a half...
Okay, my chicks will be three months old in a couple days, and my Alfa hen Jenny has started crowing. I know that hens often crow too, but is this normal? There are 8 others in the run, including Bert our rooster ( and Frank on his own because they would have killed him), so it's not because...
Hello, seems nine of the chicks have ganged up on one of them, removed the feathers from his saddle and from parts of his sides, drew blood from tail feathers too. About 90% sure he is a rooster, there five weeks and two days old now, so it's still hard to tell. His hackle feathers are pointed...
I'm Robert, and as stated in the title, I'm the new guy from Las Vegas. I'm a middle school social studies teacher, geek and general animal lover.
My chicks are a little over four weeks old, growing like, well, chicks I imagine. I've had them for two weeks. A friend and coworker incubated...