We thought we felt spurs growing out of the leg 'nubs' on this one last night-it's my husband favorite chicken! Can anyone tell me if this 4 month old is a hen or roo??
My husbands favorite chicken-we thought we felt spurs growing out of the leg 'nubs' last night-but I'm just not sure this looks like a roo-can you help please?! We can't have roosters, so we are hoping HEN! 4 months old-no crowing-docile but has shown some recent aggression with other pullets...
I WAS waiting....but our Barred ROck just laid our FIRST EGG on Friday!! WOO HOO! It was SOOOOOO delicous!
20 weeks on the dot (and it has been VERY hot in Colorado this summer)! Now waiting for the RIR that's the same age to kick in...she's doing the egg squat and her comb/wattles are...
@HeChicken-we hoped to find a home for him to be with some nice ladies, but we will be having a nice dinner if noone has a need for a rooster.
@Fred's Hens-Thanks for the info-I don't know much about what the demands for rooster are out there. I'm assuming it's because they are "muts" and...
I am not allowed to post an "ad" to try to find a new home for my hen that started crowing this morning on BYC since I do not have 20 posts yet. Anyone know how I can find a good home for this sweet, 14 wk old hen-turned-rooster? Craigs list (creeps me out), Murdoch's (will they help)? Any...
I am not sure based on what you described, and I am fairly new to this too, but have you looked into Mareks disease? Sounds similar with the possible paralysis. It is a virus and is contagious to the rest of the flock (not to freak you out), but you might want to do some research on that and...