I just got a new rooster who had previously lived in a coop and run system with no free ranging at all. He was very healthy however, shiny coat and not underweight much. But when I got him home i was both shocked and saddened by his reactions to all the new things!
He didn't recognise the...
I just lost my rooster, he was very attentive and loving to his girls however he was very big. His favourite girl had damage to her back and the smallest girl fled from his advances to avoid being crushed. I was considering getting a bantam sized rooster to replace him. However I read somewhere...
I just lost my rooster to a tiger snake and am now wanting to get another one for my small flock. I wanted to get a bantam rooser and see how my girls take to him. There is a flock of abandoned rooster at the park down the road and I was considering catching on of them and bringing him home...
I have 2 mature hyline chooks who, for as long as I have owned them, have been quieter then any chickens I've ever owned. The noisiest they are is when they are waiting for me to let them out in the morning to free range. They don't 'cluck' or seeming talk to each other at all. They are happy...
Hi all, I have a young hen who snuck into the house when i was working in the garden last week, and laid an egg in my bed. Then again today, rather then laying at her usual morning time, waited ALL DAY until i came home from work, then, as soon as i opened my door she BOLTED in and laid another...
Hello, last week somebody dumped this sweet boy at my farm in Tasmania, making him my first chicken.. could anyone give me an idea as to the age and breed? I'm leaning toward Australorp but his leg colour doesn't match? It's tricky to tell as he has quite bad scaly leg which I'm in the process...