It got below 35 degrees Fahrenheit last night! So I have a few questions about winter management. First of all: My rooster. My White leghorn rooster has a massive comb! I'm worried about him getting frostbite.
And then my baby chicks. I have two 4 week olds, a 9 week old, and a 10 week old. Then...
I have a mean white leghorn rooster. I really want to separate him but my parents are educators, so the family is really busy. They aren't ready to put in the work to build a bachlore pad. But I feel if I was the one paying, and I found something I could set up pretty much by myself they might...
I have a white leghorn rooster, and buff Orphington hen(the only laying pullet in the flock). She has been laying for about 3 weeks now, and been mated for much longer. I've never noticed a white spot in the egg though. I'm not hatching thus season, but I was wondering why they are not yet...
It has come to my attention that many of you here on BYC enjoy my rooster, Tino's nice comb and wattles. They are huge, and have been for quite some time now. He was labeled as a pullet, but quite quickly, we realized that was no the case. He might not be the nicest, but he is beautiful, so sit...
My white leghorn hen has just started laying, and I walked into the run yesterday, checked the boxes, and said to her "go lay an egg." Sure enough she ran into the boxes, and when I was back in a few minutes, there was a tiny white egg😂 I did this again at a totally different time, and she went...
I can't be live my roo right now. He has always been slightly aggressive, he had his mean streak at 12-14 weeks, and has since calmed down, my Grandma and I were standing by the run, and he ran up and flogged her!!! Luckily his spurs are just bumps, but that crossed the line.
I grabbed a wood...
My 16 week old buff Orphington just laid her first egg, it was a fairy egg, and it was pink! Is that just a pigment issue? In curious, not concerned.
(I would take pics, but someone ate it and threw it away when I was gone for a minute)
I just let my pullets back on the run with my cockerel, who is 16 weeks old, and loves trying to breed. His favorite hen is Hazel, a 16 week old buff Orphington, who loves him also, and then followed by 14 week OE Indria, who wants him dead. He grabbed Indy's neck feathers, and was trying to...
I have a light Brahma and a Single combed SLW that have had me confused from the very beginning. I got them from TSC. The SLW is 6 weeks, the Brahma is 7. In pretty sure the Brahma is male, the SLW has me going insane. What do you guys think for the 1,000th time?
I have a SLW, and he has had me confused on gender for some time now. He Is a single comb. He seems so tiny, he is 7 weeks old, and he is only a little bigger than my 3 week olds. Do you guys think he is a bantam? He could just look small compared to his Brahma brother, who is half the size of...
My dogs name is Buddy. He is a 3 year old cockapoo poodle mix (75% poodle, 25% cockerspainel) he has a lot if weird habits, we got him as an 8 week old pup. The one I'm asking about is his eating problems. When I put down the plate (yes plate, he won't eat out of a bowl, only the floor, or a...
I want to hatch eggs someday, and I was wondering if any of my chickens could create sex links?
Hens: white leghorn, buff Orphingtons, black sex links, red sex link, amberlink, Plymouth rock, and a blue OE.
Cockerels: a white leghorn, A light Brahma, and a SLW that I'm not sure about, but am...
I've wanted to start a thread where we focus on our special little guys. In this thread, you can post pics of your roosters and cockerels of all ages! I will also be posting a link to adoptapets rooster page, and featuring a cool little dude from there, because roosters don't belong in shelter...
My white leghorn cockerel just embaresed himself on front of all his girls. He has never tidbited before, usually breeding is just a sneak attack for him. But today he made a big desicion..... Becoming a gentleman. He grabed a sunflower seeds, trotted up to his favorite hen Hazel, and started to...
My chickens are 15 weeks old today! I have 2 chicks in question, because of their large comb and wattles size. First up, my white Leghorn Laia. I know Leghorn s have a tendency to lay between 16-20 weeks, some laying even earlier at 14 weeks. She just finished a molt, and is kind of filling out...
Hi, I'm 99.9% sure this is a cockerel. I wanted to post him more so that way people can use this as a resource. Any opinions on him would be nice.
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Hi everyone, I'm back with my SLW again. He has me stumped. I bought him 5 weeks ago at TSC as a pullet, but I'm not sure. He carries himself very upright, and his wattles are large, but his comb is tiny, but still Orange. Also, he is a single combed Wyandotte. I will be keeping him either way...
I have a 5 week old Wyandotte cockerel, and he is really sweet! He loves to hop on my shoulder, all the way from the ground! We hang out a lot lol, but he loves to tap a freckles and cuts, and lately, my ears, its not a hard peck, but a curious tap. It isn't aggressive, but I don't want him to...
I have 2 flocks, one of 7 chicjens,14 week old rooster, and 3 hens. 3 12 week old hens(flock 1)
The other consists of a blind POL pullet, a 14 week old pullet, 2 4-6 week old chicks, who I think are both cockerels, and finally, 2 3 day old sex-link chicks. (Flock 2)
My 14 week old cockerel tore...