So I have a buff Orphington and an Australorp that have been "setting" for 2 weeks now. They are right next to each other in the laying boxes. The strange thing is that they keep switching back and forth between the boxes. It is so random. Not everyday... But every few days or so. Any...
Can you help make sure these are roosters before we harvest them for meat.
They are roughly 16-18 weeks. All mix breeds. We have several kinds of hens at our place-- RIR, Buffs, Minoras, Black Giants, Salmon Favoralles, Russian Orloffs, Domiineckers, and white Leghorns--as far as the...
Ok, he has 4 toes, fuzzy legs, and is 2 weeks old and still not feathered out--he/she is just a ball of gray cotton balls. Any ideas on what breed she/ he is?--oh, he's a bantam.
So I ordered a batch of day old bantams from murray/McMurray hatchery. They should be here Monday. I really wanted hens only, but all the bantams were listed as straight run? Do ya'll know of a hatchery that sexes bantams? Sure hope I don't get all Roos....I love my Roos, but we are already...
So, I have a pair of bantam hens and 1 bantam rooster-- they all free range with the rest of the chicken everyday--and he gets to practice "free love" all day . At night, however, they all three share a small house away from the other chickens--lately, one of the hens is separating herself from...
Ok, so I hatched 50 of my own eggs a few months ago ( the oldest are 12 weeks, youngest are 6 weeks). They are standard mixed-- EE, Black Giants, Minorcas, leghorns, buffs--I am not exactly sure which are pullers and which are roos, but I am certain I will need to kill several Roos ( 50%...
Any tips on identifying a rooster vs hen at 8-12 weeks.... We have a big mix of chickens- some giant and some bantams...any suggestions, or should I wait till they crow?
I have 1 EE rooster from McMurray--got him last year with my 30 hens---he slid in by mistake I guess. Anyway, I hatched several of his offspring with my other chickens-- RIRs, Buff Orpingtons, Minorcas, salmon Favoralles, white leghorns, cuckoos, Dominique. Will this new batch of chicks...
So I took some of ya'lls advice and it seemed to work. I placed them all, one by one, on the roosting sites we built... They first held onto my fingers, but then jumped to the perch site...tonight about 1/2 did it on their own:). Thx for the tips.