I have an existing flock of 11 hens and 1 rooster. I tried introduce 3 new hens to the flock using a separate coop/run adjacent to the main coop/run. Well, it is the rooster that rejects the newcomers, not the existing hens. As a temporary solution, I sent the rooster in timeout in a separate...
I know it is probably too early to tell the gender but here are new chicks just out of the incubator. Yellow is from my Olive Egger. The 2 chipmunks are probably from my Light Sussex. Blacks are unknown, 1 was out of a brown egg, probably Plymouth Barred mom, the others were from blue eggs. I...
Thought some of you might find it interesting to see how adaptable chickens really are. This winter was kind of a slow start here. Snow and cold came in later than usual. I had my chickens able to use the uncovered run until almost well until mid-december. However, once the snow started, it has...
Does anyone know the data for a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte here: http://kippenjungle.nl/breeds/crossbreeds.html
There is a generic Wyandotte but my rooster doesn't look like that.
Thanks
Last month, I collected fertile eggs from 4 of my hens that my rooster is interested in (he is ignoring the others...). I got 11 adorable chicks. I am pretty sure about 9 out of the 11, the last 2, I don't know. I would like to have help from the experts here.
The rooster is a Wyandotte (this...
Hi,
I am a new member here from QC, Canada. I've had backyard chickens for about 20 years. For a long time, I've bought my hens from the feed store. About 2-3 years ago, I had enough of RSL being the only breed available there and I started looking around for new breeds. I started acquiring...