Hello! Our friend happen to give us two chicks to add on to our flock and one happen to be a roo and the other (hopefully) a pullet. They’re both a couple weeks apart but the cockerel keeps picking on the little one and causing chicken drama. Both of them are still pretty young to introduce to...
Hello! We have a cockerel and five other pullets around the same age. One of our pullets started laying eggs recently and our cockerel can’t quite figure out how to mate with her.. They will do their regular procedure, but after she squats, he can’t quite figure out how to get on top of her...
Hello! Recently, our cockerel has begun to pick on one of our pullets. They’re both around 4-5 months. The pullet that he’s been picking on does lay eggs, and i would assume that he’s attempting to mate with her, except when she squats as if she were ready to mate, he continues to pick on her...
Hello! Our pullet just started laying eggs a little over a week ago. We got an egg every day until a couple days ago. She stopped sitting in the nesting boxes and instead, uses the perch. We figured it was natural because she’s new to laying. We also altered our flock around by giving away our...
Hello! We got a silkie cockerel not too long ago for our ladies. We just introduced them today and they all seemed to get along fine until our girls started checking out his comb and blue earlobes! They keep coming up to him, looking at his face for a moment and pecking his comb, and once they...
We got some new chickens today to expand our flock! A family member of mine was nice enough to let me pick out a couple of her chicks, and i did my best to pick out my pullets, but some of you are probably better at this than me 😅.
The chicken in the first pic is about 12 weeks old and i’m...
Hello! One of my pullets just layed her first egg today and i was wondering when we should switch her over to egg layer feed? Our other pullet is still probably a few weeks away from laying but would it be okay if we switched her over too or should we just keep our pullet that has begun to lay...
Hello! Does anyone recommend any certain breed of rooster? We want a rooster that would be great towards our ladies, friendly towards us, and would protect his flock well. I know it matters more about the rooster itself, but are there any great rooster breeds that you have had a great experience...
We have a 15 week old rhode island red cockerel that has been pushing our pullets around. It’s mostly our isa brown that he chases. She’s scared of him! Every time the cockerel comes over she’ll run away from him. I also noticed that he’s started to pick on our other pullet, to the point where...
We have a 15-16 week old isa brown pullet that has started to mature quickly. Within the past couple of weeks her comb and wattle has gotten a bit bigger and darker as well. I noticed that she also has started to do the submissive squat when i try to pet her or pick her up. This is my first time...
Hello! We have a 16 week old pullet that i noticed is injured. The front of her comb is a little bloody and the tip of her beak is cracked. I don’t know what exactly happened, but i’m a little worried. She is eating, but only in smaller bites. Is there anything i can do?
Hello everyone! It rained quite a bit this evening and when i came to lock up the chickens for the night, they were all soaked (except for two)! I checked the coop to see if there were any leaks and i didn’t see any, so i figured maybe they stayed out? I have no idea! It’s getting dark now so...
Hi everyone! We have an isa brown pullet that’s around 9 weeks old and she looks a lot lighter than our other isa brown female that’s the same age, and i was wondering if maybe she’s a golden comet? We got a few more chicks a couple weeks ago, one being a golden comet pullet, that looks more...
What age do white leghorn pullets start to grow their combs? We got a few pullets from TSC about two weeks ago and their combs are already pretty big.. I know the white leghorn breed in general have pretty big combs, including the females but i’m just curious. :)
Hi all! I have two isa brown chicks that are around 8 weeks old and i just cannot figure out their gender!One of them is a darker brown color, and the other is a lighter brown with a significant amount of white. The darker brown chick also has a larger and more red comb and waddle. But i ALSO...
Are there any breeds, from your experience that you find are often at the bottom or top of the pecking order? Does the breed matter at all? Or does it just have to do with the chicken’s characteristics? I’ve been doing a lot of research on the pecking order recently, and am curious about it! :D
Hello! We have a chick around 6 weeks old that has recently started limping. I checked his leg to see if there was any external damage but there wasn’t. When he stands in one place he doesn’t seem to lift the injured leg up, but when he starts walking he puts more weight on the leg that isn’t...