First time hatching, advice wanted!
I put 12 eggs under my broody hen Aug.22. One hatched sometime during the day Sept.11, but was dead when I found it. Quickly removed it and cleaned nest box. Another hatched sometime Sept.12 (saw his head sticking out briefly). I have food and water in the...
12 weeks old, male or female? I have two others that are clearly males, very red combs and developing saddle feathers and one other that is clearly female, hardly any comb development....this one I'm not sure on.
6-7 week old gold laced wyandottes. Can I assume the 2 with black combs are females and the ones with red combs are males? Or too early to tell?
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Hello all,
My name is Erin and my husband and I are both 26 and live in rural Eastern Ontario (Canada)
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We are new to laying hens (April 2018), but have raised meat birds for 4 years.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
We...
Inherited these chickens about a month ago when my friend's house burned down. I know nothing about them and these are our first chickens. I'm hoping to keep one rooster for flock protection...and because I love the look of a handsome rooster, but can't keep multiples.
#1 roo? breed?
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