A couple of weeks ago I had something wipe out 6 3 month old birds. One was injured and in my second coop. Whatever got it left the wings and a few feathers. Everything else was gone. It entered through a 3 1/2” x 4” hole near the roof of the coop. There are claw marks on the outside and several...
We picked up three birds recently that we were told were Marans. One cuckoo and two black copper. I don’t doubt that the cuckoo is a cuckoo, but I can’t decide on the other two. Are they BCM, Black marans, or something completely different? A friend thought maybe they had ayam cemani in them...
We had a tragic accident with a dog this week and lost half of our chickens, so I rushed to the local farm store and picked up a dozen more. I got some Easter Eggers and a couple of Lavender Orpingtons. I also got two other breeds, but unfortunately none of the tanks were labeled, so we had to...
I’m pretty sure this little bird is a roo, can anyone confirm. He hatched around Easter.
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Hi guys, I’m Sutton from Indiana. My wife and I have had chickens for 3 or 4 years now, but I grew up around chickens, ducks, geese, and cattle, so I’m not entirely green. We currently have 25 hens, 2 roos, 5 pullets, and 2 (I think) cockerels. I need to cull about 5 hens and the 2 roosters. We...