Wondering if anyone has experience having large breeds and bantams get along peacefully?
I have:
Light Brahma cockerel (3.5-4 months old)
SN black austrolorp pullet (3 months)
--these 2 get along great--
2 cochins and 1 welsummer (I hope all pullets, about 9-10 weeks. They stick together and...
Just picked these babies up today. Supposedly 8.5 weeks. 2 cochins and 1 welsummer. The cochins still have fluffy tails, not feathered tails... Guesses on gender?? Thanks.
Cochin 1 (Winnie)
Cochin 2 (Basil)
Welsummer (Zobee)
I am worried that I made a poor decision to trade half of my small flock.
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I'm about to trade my bonded cockerel/pullet pair for these 2 cochins. They are 10 weeks and she "is guessing" they are pullets. I know this isn't much to go on but what do you think?
I have a small flock of 4 that have been together since hatch. They are 13 weeks old and 2 of them have turned out to be cockerels.
So far they are all very mellow birds. Is there any chance I could keep them all together without issue?
Someone was trying to tell me that since they've always...
I have three 13-14 week old Light Brahmas.
I know one is a pullet and one is a cockerel. The other one I really think is a cockerel too, and I'm about to trade it for a pullet but I was wondering what y'all think. It's face has has recently become just as red as the cockerel, and it has...
My little crossbeak, Ally, is 9 weeks old. I've never trimmed her beak because she hasn't had any problems eating. But I feel like her top beak is so curved and I'm worried it's going to cause problems for her. She still has a full crop when I check on them every night but when I pick her up...
I have three 8 week old Light Brahmas. I am 99% sure one of them is a rooster.
I have 2 toddlers and just had to re-home our polish rooster due to aggression towards them.
Just looking for other people's experience with Brahma Roos. Aggresive or not? Thanks.
I am 99% sure one of my Brahmas is a rooster. They are 8 weeks old. Is there anything I can do to help ensure it does not get aggressive towards my toddlers? We just had to re-home our 7 month old polish rooster and I really don't want to have to do that again.
Handle him more? Less? Keep hand...
Pullets or Cockerels??
Zazu is a lot bigger than the other 2.
Zazu's comb is more red than the others.
Sobe is the smallest and the only one whose tail feathers don't seem to stick up.
I'm worried Sobe may be the only pullet...please tell me I'm wrong!
My Brahmas are 4 weeks old and one is quite a bit bigger than the other 2. Could they still all 3 be pullets? Also, the biggest one (Zazu) seems to have gotten poop all over her... Can I just wipe her off with a wet towel or what should I do?
I also have a 1.5 week old chick with one eye and...
My 5 month old Roo (Fro) has always been able to get right up to the brooder in the run. But today one of my 3 chicks (Sobe) hopped out as I was getting their feeder out so she got to "officially" meet Fro. I let them check each other out for like 2 minutes and then put Sobe back but I was...
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My fiance and I built this coop/run without any planning or much research. We have a 5 month old polish roo and 3 light Brahma chicks. The idea was that there would be 3 nesting boxes. I just put that roost up the other day but it's too high. My little guy still just sleeps on the edge of a...
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