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Egg update: I finally, for the first time in 6 months of feeding these chickens, saw my first egg today! And it was really cool. The white hen left her nest to feed, and we ran up to the tree and there were 9 little eggs, still warm, surrounded by white downy feathers! Very exciting. I'll try...

Quote: So sorry to hear that. Do you want some of my chicks? Mostly red junglefowl - gallus gallus plus some. I'd be happy to figure out how to get them to you if you want some.

I will post pix I took today. Believe it or not, I DID call the police, and two cops in two cars showed up, went to the nearest neighbor to investigate, and then came back to tell me they had a lead on the guy in another neighborhood and they were going to follow up on it! I could not...

It turns out that my only rooster, the red junglefowl that I have posted pictures of here on this forum, was stolen last night when the chickens raised the alarm. I have 4 hens and 10 chicks, one of the hens is broody, and I don't know who's more upset, me or the hens. They're beside...

By the way, Ivan3, the rooster in your avatar looks exactly like mine (a red junglefowl), and also like the one the guy was holding today.

(Hugs everybody) Thanks for your understanding. Update: I heard something funny right before dusk, and went out to explore. The feral guy had urinated at the place where I last saw him! There was a pool of liquid and it smelled like urine. How gross. I'm a little worried because the...

I know I don't really belong on this board, because my chickens are feral and free-range, but I need to vent about what just happened. BTW, I have one red junglefowl cock and four hens, two of the hens have successfully hatched clutches so we have two sets of chicks, about 4 and 6 weeks old...

Chickenranchwife - you are right - I could probably do it on my own. I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the encouragement.

The rooster in the video looks like a Red Junglefowl (thanks to Herechickchick for the link to the Hawaiian feral site). I did some more research last night and found a site showing pictures of the Red Junglefowl, and both the original poster as well as my own rooster (see picture above) look...

Finally somebody else with feral chickens! Here's a picture of my Hawaiian jungle rooster - looks alot your Key West bird: Sorry it's not such a good pic of the rooster, I was trying to get a picture of as many of the 6 chicks as I could. Let me know if you have any questions because we are...

Thanks for the info. I have an interesting situation in that I'm basically giving a flock of jungle chickens the treat of scratch every day in exchange for being able to watch them They're eating from the jungle floor and obviously manage to find calcium because I buy the cheap scratch. They...

I have two hens with 6 chicks each, about 6 weeks old. The chicks still follow the hen(s) around. When will she start laying eggs again? Will she wait till the chicks are more independent, so she can go broody?

Chickens run wild everywhere here! I'm on the Big Island, not Oahu. There is a long tradition of chickens here because of certain cultures valuing them. They get out and thrive, so you'll see them crossing the road all the time!

There are advantages and disadvantages to letting them out. Mine got out, and I have never been able to get them back in. However, my original 5 hens/1 rooster flock has produced two healthy clutches of chicks (4 and 6 weeks old, they are now) and one current hen is broody. The advantages...

Oh yeah, one more alarm bell went off for me, although since I don't have ANY experience other than my outdoor birds it may mean absolutely nothing - but that is the bathtub and the warmth issue. Porcelain bathtubs are very cold. If you put hot water in one, the water will cool quickly. You...

How interesting. I know the pain when a chick dies. I've only had two clutches hatch, and have lost 5 out of 16 chicks from two hens (my flock is completely free-range). I think my losses are due to predators. What a completely different environment you guys describe for your chicks from the...

That is the picture of a broody hen! I have a flock of 5 hens and one rooster, and I've gotten to where I can tell when the hen is broody by the look of her. The fluffed up feathers are the most distinctive look of a broody hen. The purpose is to keep a large clutch of eggs warm

Our house is for sale, by the way One acre of Hawaii, cedar A-frame, 3 bdrm/2bath, with complete privacy (no neighbors) AND comes with countless healthy chickens! All for $350,000.

This is several seconds after the last picture, broody hen number 3! Still looking for her nest - I want EGGS not chicks!

This is hen #2 with a few of her chicks. I couldn't get any better pix because the broody hen came running over and chased them away.