ive found that adding a rooster to a group of hens is alot easier than hens to hens. As long as those not a aggressive rooster in with him he ought to be fine.
Dominiquers do good, big bodied, rose comb, and lay eggs and sometimes self brood, my second choice would be brahmas they have big body pea comb and lay almost as good as a domiuquer.
those are both roos fo sho, look at them saddle feathers and that big sickly feather coming off the tail, even its stance and stature says rooster, rir hens rarely have that much green in the tail, if its a hen my entire life is a lie lol.
Very much like the maran in composure and facial features mines just thicker and a touch more feathers on his legs, maybe cochin maran cross? thanks for the help btw
yepp hes definitely a strange one, i save him from being eaten lol and when i seen him from afar i thought cochin to but hes kinda tall i actually have a standard cochin roo and he dwarfs him height wise by far and is a touch wider so maybe a mix but i just dont know either way he has 9 new...
birchen black and beetle green also his beak and feet are black and kegs have feathers and his skin around his face is a little dark hes full size same size as my barred rock roo just a bit denser.
I lost a silkie chick to a hawk earlier today, free ranging makes happy birds but also causes many more problems all you can really do if you plan to always free range is just kill what predators you can and just hope. BTW if hawks are your only problem id suggest a martin colony, thats what im...
A hawk just earlier today swooped down as i watched and carried away a silkie chick. when they chicks are out i now have a 12 Gauge with me at all times watching them.... its so unfair it has so fast.
6 months and its either a black sexlink roo or BR roo maybe domonique or brahma mix idk but it had long sicklke feathers on its tail a fairly good sized come and wattles but absolutely no saddlefeathers just fluff like a hen. its barred but not super light like my for sure pure BR roo all...
I know this comment is way late but were your second generation sex links still sexable by color? Ive heard they dont breed tru for second gen so i figured id ask before i try ha
looks to me like a rat snake. we got them here and I'm pretty sure thats what it is. non venomous either way. they do get massive btw. it will eat chicks or extremely small chickens but i have never known one to eat a reasonable sized chicken.