the first time I encountered cannibalism was with my first flock ...i was 12 at the time...but i will never forget seeing my beautiful giant light brahma hen with a giant hole in her back and her intestines spilling out will the others peacked her .....
Its to late in the summer already im...
No i dont use light..they have a large outdoor coop....i will definatly watch for the instigator...then throw him to the adult hens to be eaten.....no better yet ill eat him...no i cant do that..i guess ill just put him in a cage by himself.... with alot of mirror so he pecks his reflection all...
there all about 8 weeks... i was really excited cause im not really the "rare" chicken breed person because usually you get attached to them and they end up dieing..i had never given polish chicks a try..so i took the summer off from college to come back home and raise a flock...anyhow you know...
Been Pretty depressed the last few days...i was really excited about my little sweet white crested black polish pullet....her crest was filling out nicelly...unfortunatly the other chicks decided to peck her to death along with another golden laced pullet...i am actuallty disgusted with my flock...
Im really thinking its a male of another breed... maybe even a maran...but with my hens ive notices that around 16 or soo there vent begins to get very large compared to the roos ...go tart getting ready to lay..compare her vent size to that of your roo of the same age to see if her/his...
the comb appears to be a pea comb from the picture and the barring looks different which leads me to believe its a BR mix, And sex wise i would say roo because of the tail feathers..
thats weird...in theory the chicks hatched from a barred rock hen and any rooster that wasnt barred should end up being black sex links, therefore only males would show barred pattern and the hens would not, its weird you got barred pullets..
Sunshine is sooo gorgeos...its really hard to come a cross a roo that pretty...your a miracle worker and I believe we should give out BYC awards to people like you....
Hi everyone, i Recently bought some sllver penciled cochins from Ideal and they seem the same as dark brahmas , slow feathering, heavier than other cochins, with the exception of the rose comb which was the final clue to figuring out they indeed cochins. So are SPC basically the same thing as a...