So I noticed that in my first batch of coturnix, A&M Whites, that the roosters would literally climb over the hens to try to get in the corner of the cage when they were 6-8 weeks old(they don't do it now). I found it amusing that they were willing to through the girls to the wolves in order to...
I know it's a little early, but this little one is screaming rooster to me. Some background - they're the youngest, being last hatched. They also had an issue with pasty butt the first 2 weeks and I didn't think they were going to make it. So imagine my surprise when they've developed the...
I picked up this hen from a localish breeder back on August 29th. Even back then she had a bare back as shown below.
I figured it was just overbreeding and will start to heal up.
By the middle of September it looked like it was actually worse. I often saw it with blood on it.
So I...
So I have a 6-7 month old rooster and hen pair of silkies I've started to let free range near my 4 month old ISA Brown girls for the past few days. The other day I was watching them and the silkie roo was scratching about 5-6 or so feet from the silkie hen and closer to the Browns. One of the...
I bought these 3 and a half weeks ago from a breeder off Craigslist that said they were both hens and 6 months old. Last week the bigger one, that I was already beginning to suspect was a roo from the way it carried itself, did indeed start crowing. However the smaller one hasn't crowed and I...
So when my ISA Brown girls were about 2 months old I picked up a 6 month old Black Copper Maran hen. Being new and not knowing any better, I just put her in the pen we were keeping them in the house. That did not go well as she constantly attacked them and kept them away from any food or water...