Greetings! I'm a new flock owner from the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains among the redwoods. I currently have 9, with 4 silkies, SL Cochin, GL EE, Mille Fleur d'Uccle, Australorp, and a Buff Laced Polish cockerel. All are 13 weeks old. All but the roo were ordered from MPC and were correctly...
I'm new to chickens and had to process my first bird yesterday. He was a beautiful Cuckoo Marans that was mis-sexed at the feed store. I was devastated when he started crowing at 7 weeks. We're not allowed roos here, and although my neighbors were wonderful, I was very stressed. At 12 weeks his...
9 week old cuckoo Marans, started crowing 2 weeks ago, but inconsistently. Male or female? I've heard that pullets can crow if there are no roosters in the group. Sweet, polite bird. Spurs are the same size as everyone else's. Thank you!