Okay.... I just came back from overseas and I find that my silver-laced wyandotte 'hen' is now a roo.
'She' was six months old and people on here told me she was a hen. Now 'she' is 9 months old and looks like this...
My big boy is around six months old, and I still haven't heard any crowing yet?
When do they start crowing?
The neighbour's roo is very noisy, could that be connected?
Or have I just got a quiet one?
I've had this chick since it was 1 week or less. It grew it's first feathers at about 2-3 weeks old, it has two fleshy bumps on the wings in which no feathers grow, has a lump above the vent and the wing feathers are scratchy. It was raised with another chick, which is very healthy and fully...
My three Isa Browns have lice, and I've been treated them for it a few months ago, which seemed to work, and then I've been treating them for a few weeks up until now but it seems to have very little effect. Have the lice grown immune to it? The chooks seem healthy apart from being a little...
I have a pekin bantam ( named Little Dude for her attitude ) and she's always broody. Last time she was, she wouldn't move and sat in her own poo for days. Now, she's been plucking her underside feathers completely and she chases me like a rooster. I reached down to pet her, and she jumped up...
I'm fairly sure my big SS (speckled suss-ex ) is a roo. I can't post pics, because I'm a newbie, so here's just a description.
He has a much larger and redder comb and wattle than my other chick of his age.
Green, shiny tail feathers are coming through and the tail itself is really tall and...
Hi!
I have been keeping chooks for 7-8 years now, but I'm still a beginner. I have 6 at the moment ( backyard laying ), three Isa Brown's, one Pekin Bantam, one Speckled Suss-ex and one Wyandotte ( not sure of variety ). The Speckled Suss-ex and Wyandotte are 8 week old chick that I've raised...