so its just the matter of waiting then. any foods or anything i can do to speed the process up? maybe put a light in there coop/ dummy eggs in the nesting box?
hi i have 4 chickens which have'nt laid eggs for about 4-5months. 1chicken wanted to be a mom 5months ago so i let her and gave her some fertilized eggs to sit on, she ended up with 1 chick which we still have and believe its a girl :) . 2 other chickens decided they would mother the chick as...
great guys thanks for the help much appreciated. ill post more pics in a few weeks hopefully we know by then. and when should i expect eggs to start being laid? ye the barred rock cross with speckled i think. cheers simon
:( the 3 barred rocks r pullets im sure. ill get u a pic if u like. these 2 reds/brown look nothing like the last to cokerals i just got rid of which were of the same age. these 2 dont crow or make any noise but the redder 1 is a little more aggressive than the rest but is that the rhode island...
ye the roo's are fighting and starting to bleed a little well rir is bleeding because of the rock showing he's boss but its the rir thats crowing even tho he's now number 2 to the rock. the rock is a little bigger should i kill him first or the noisy rir? do you think the other rir is a roo...
question: are the 2 obvious cockerals big enough to eat at 12 weeks? if not when? as 1 is crowing already. thanks for the help really need it this is my first time with chickens and so slaughtering the cockerals with be an experience i wont forget. and also of the 2 chickens in the pictures i...