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Not planing on chicks was advised to get a cockerel to make adding new girls easier and stop bullying. He seems really timid at the moment, what age would be best to introduce him to the other hens?

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I was looking for a cockerel for my 7 ex batts, so went to a local lady who runs local chicken rescue she seemed very knowledgable and suggested I took a four week old cockerel along with hen so he wasn't alone. The only thing now is the cockerel is a hen and the hen is the cockerel and they are...

If I get 10 females now just for eggs,could I add a male at a later date with out any bother so I could have fertile eggs

Thanks for that quails it is then! I was thinking of getting ten hens and one cock is this a good ratio? And as for the neighbours they didn't have the guts to put a name to the complaint

I've just had to get rid of my chickens due to some miserable neighbours. My five year old daughter was devastated so i thort quails would be a beter option but someone has thrown a spanner in the works by telling me they can be quite loud is this true?

I have only ever kept x-bats but thanks to a fox i thought id try somthing new.Ive found a breeder who has got sussex lights and black copper marans, they are seven weeks old and i would like to know if there will be a problem as they mature?

I thort it would be more like 6-1 they will be living in an 8ft-6ft shed with a 12ft-4ft out door flight. would this be ok?

A fox recently wiped out my chickens so im thinking of changing to quail. I have a small daughter and would love to raise some from chicks, i was thinking of getting 20 how many of these aprox would be hens? Would i better waiting till they could be sexed?