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Hi, I have a sexed female Jersey Giant that looks quite a bit like a rooster to me. Can anyone tell me if this is this a rooster? He/she is about 4-5 months old and is not crowing.

Hi, I have 4 silkies, and 3 turned out to be roosters. I cannot have rooster in my area but they are 3 months old and only one of them is crowing. The crow is not very loud. If I keep the roosters in their own pen (separate from my hens), will they all crow? I heard that sometimes only one will...

Does anyone know what sex my new silkies are? My guess is that the buff ones are all roosters and one of the white ones is a rooster and the other white one is the only hen? am i right? one white one is crowing (so that one is obvious) and the others are not crowing.

Does anyone know what breeds any of these chickens are?

Hello, I have 5 hens that are just under a year old. All of a sudden my Ameracauna has stopped laying. Its been about 3 weeks now. Is this normal or should I be concerned that she is sick? She has a bald spot about the size of a lemon at the base of her tail. She has had it for awhile and it...

Hey everyone, I went out to the coop today and found 4 brown eggs and they were all covered in clear goo and there was something that looked like a popped balloon on them. It was soft and even felt like a popped balloon. I have an Ameracauna that laid her first egg yesterday and it was...

What is chicken scratch and do my layers need it???? They are currently just on organic grower, soon to go on layer feed. I also am gonna start on oyster shell and grit for the winter.

Hello, I have 5 hens that just started laying. They are currently on the organic grower. Do i need to switch them to organic layer pellets now???? I keep hearing different things, like that they need to be on chicken mash before the pellets. I'm confused now. Any suggestions???????? I thought...

Hello, I was wondering if there was a way to see which hen is laying which color egg. I got a light brown/peachish colored egg and I was wondering if that was considered a pink egg and my ameracauna layed it or if it is a brown egg. I have never seen a pink ameracauna egg so im not sure. Or it...

Hello, I just got my first egg today. My hens are still on the organic grower feed. Is this egg ok to eat or are the fist few not good to eat? Also, how long can the eggs stay outside before they go bad? Just incase the egg has been out for a few hours? Thanks

Hello, I have five hens and I just got my very first egg today. I was wondering if it is now the time to switch all of my hens over to the organic laying feed? Also, is that all that they need to have to eat besides oyster shell and grit as needed? These are my first chickens, and they are...

I went out to clean my chicken tractor coop and I saw mouse droppings next to my chickens water. It was strange to me because I keep the water on a piece of wood and the mouse droppings were only on the wood and not anywhere else in the coop that I could see.Guess the mice wanted a drink. Is it...

Hello, I live in Salt Lake City Utah and I just got some backyard chickens this year and they have done great all summer. They are now about 6 months old and it is starting to get cooler outside. I am worried about this winter. I was advised by the woman I got the chicken from that they will...

Hello, I had to give away my ameracauna hen today that turned out to be a rooster and I found a new hen to put in its place. I currectly have 5 other hens that are 11-13 weeks old. The new aneracauna is 16 weeks old. Do I need to do anything special to introduce her to the flock? I don't...

Hello, I was thinking of possibly getting a silkie chicken to put in with my delaware, ameracauna, austrolop, brahma, and sex link. Is this ok to do????? And are they good egg layers? My chickens are about 12 weeks old. I do not know much about silkies except they are cute and lay small eggs.

Hello, I have six backyard chickens and I am not allowed to have roosters in my area. This is my favorite chicken so I am hoping it's not a rooster. She is a lemon blue 10 1/2 week old Ameracauna. Let me know what you guys think, IS THIS A ROOSTER OR HEN???? Sometimes she sounds like she...