Hello - I have a small flock of mostly free range chickens. Eight hens and one Buff Orpington rooster. He seems to be a good rooster and takes good care of his girls in our open range area. He's sometimes a little bit "cocky" to my wife and me, but not overly aggressive.
He has a few hens that...
We received 16 chicks from a hatchery in April and most of them are laying now except this one...We ordered 3 BO, 3 EE, 3 Welsummers, 3 Dark Cornish, 3 SL Wyandottes (an our "free exotic chick" who may have been a polish was DOA). We lost a total of 4 chicks and culled 3 birds at 18 weeks...