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Thanks for the input. I'm glad to have some help with this mystery bird. Since he came from the same batch as one of the crested birds that is visible in the first picture, I imagine a polish cross is very possible... I adopted this guy from a batch (hatched in May) that I believe came from...

Wait! Are you serious? Hot peppers for kickstarting the lay? That's amazing. And I think I'm going to try it... I don't have ground cayenne around but a neighbor has a ton of fresh peppers that I'm sure she will share with me. Any particular variety recommended? Does it matter whether the...

Anyone want to try to take a guess about this big boy? He has a double v comb, a tufted face, a mini top hat, and a chest with some speckling...

Thank you for the warm welcome. I just made my first post in the Managing Your Flock forum. I feel like I've joined the in-crowd.

We have three beautiful cockerels and are being asked to keep only one (city rules state the number of roosters allowed is "a reasonable" number... someone in the neighborhood decided that number was one). We kept these birds around initially for the eye candy but now are thinking that they...

Good morning BYC! We adopted chicks from a nearby classroom a few months ago and have spent the last few months getting a crash course on backyard poultry keeping (and accumulating a variety of laying hens in the process). We now have three roosters of unknown breeds (I may post pictures soon)...