One of our lovely Lavender Roos needs a new home with a flock of his own. He and his father have been fine with each other until recently but now this boy has been kicked out of the flock. He is lonely and at risk for predators.
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It looks like I'm going to end up with 3 roos and 1 hen out of what is left of my lavender orpington hatch. I had such high hopes for the 9 original babies, but a hungry fox left me with only 4.
How do I decide which rooster to keep as I will only be keeping one. Any suggestions on what to...
I ordered eggs thru the mail and had a lovely clutch hatch out May 1. Due to a persistent fox, I am now down to 4 "babies." If I post pics, can you tell me hen or roo? Of the 4 remaining, I am afraid 3 are Roosters.
Do the hens ever have combs? I'm holding out hope.
As a side note, I am...
Seems our rooster throws mostly roosters. We are now overrun! We have at least 9 young cockerels hatched this spring that are in need of new homes. Our hens are mixed breed EEs and produce beautiful eggs of pink, blue, khaki, olive or tan. Not a single white egg layer in the bunch. Don't know...
Had a clutch of 10 hatched July 4th. Momma has been great and the little ones have been doing well. This morning, one of the smallest was by itself, not with momma and the rest of the clutch. I picked it up and noticed it sounded a little congested, some open mouth breathing but no discharge. It...
Well, it is time. I got my Valbazen and a stash of dosing syringes. I will be attempting to deworm 40 chickens tonight. Not sure how it will go. My guys all free range and only about 26 roost in the coop. This could be interesting. Wish me luck!
Stephanie in GA
I've been reading the forums for a while and just wanted to pop in and say hello. We've had chickens for several years now. No particular breed but they lay beautiful colored eggs. Our birds are all free range. The latest (surprise) hatch has brought us to about 40 birds. Thank goodness we live...