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It may be relevant...I just discovered that the turkey-girl was the one that was all broody! We have two of these hens, Buff Orpingtons, that are very hard to tell apart, and I thought the turkey-guised one was the non-broody one, and that that one was in the coop, but when we took her out to...

Not necessarily...I have a really great little Black Silky bantam cross roo and he's always guarding and finding food for the girls, he even mounts them regularly and in every other way seems to be healthy and vigorous, but we have never had a fertile egg. Sometimes they just shoot blanks--or...

Our year old red Buff Orpington hen was acting very strangely indeed! She runs around all fluffed out like a Tom Turkey--ducking down, shaking her feathers and fanning her tail. Her clucking is almost a "gobble", too!. What's up with her? It doesn't seem to be aimed at anyone, she doesn't...

I have a buff orpington hen who has gone broody, and I think she's sitting on unfertile eggs. This is the very first time we've ever had a hen do this. Our little rooster hasn't ever fertilized anything, though he's great as a guard and food-finder for our free-range flock of 6. Will she...

At this point, I don't much care what comes of the cross, we're happy to have eggs at all, and the older hens are all mixed breeds, as Luke the rooster, and as for the three buff orpingtons, I was hoping for all yellow and got two reds, so...no big deal. We're all just a big motley crew around...

LOL--Don't think I haven't thought of that...but he's really a handsome little fellow--and I was sort of thinking that maybe he'd make a good replacement for our old guy if something happens to him...just thinking. But, our old guy is an excellent rooster in all ways except his neglect of the...

Hi all, I'm new here, but not new to chickens, we have a small flock of one Black Silkie/Bantam roo of unknown years--though he's at least 6, then we have some americauna crosses--one polish, one barred rock, and two full americaunas that are three years old. They all get along, having been...

You really do have to tell them who's the boss. Picture my 6'4" hubby chasing our tiny Black Silkie-Bantam cross roo around the yard after he (the roo) flew at him once in attack mode. LOL--He (my DH) was yelling "I'm the Big Rooster around here!" and flapping his wings--I mean...arms. ROFL...