Our rooster passed away and we're looking to replace him to protect our hens.
We're hoping for a Bantam, but we're open to almost any breed... Preferably one who's not too loud. Our late roo, Kurt, wasn't too loud and didn't disturb the neighbors. 😉
But our hens are in need of a protector...
Oops... I think I posted this wrong... I re-posted this under the correct area now, but can't figure out how to delete this one. 🤦🏻♀️
I'm on my phone... Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Our rooster passed away and we're looking to replace him to protect our hens.
We're hoping for a Bantam...
Our bantham rooster got attacked by a raccoon 2 nights ago. He was traumatized, but was walking around ok yesterday... Checked him this morning and apparently his left wing is broken and he's drooling.
I'm so worried we'll have to put him down. We've had him forever, so he is old... Maybe 10...
I'm not new to chickens, but I still feel like a novice.
Currently we have 5 chickens. 1 rooster and 4 hens. We used to have a ton of chickens, but over the years, we would lose them to predators.
Now one of our hens and the rooster are the survivors of that original flock. They are American...
One of our hens (naked neck) tried to swallow a long stick or tree root. It was about 9 inches down her throat. My son found her like that when he went to feed them. He pulled it out and said that the part that was down her throat had red on it. (Blood & mucus maybe? I didn't see it, he told me...