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I've always heard a week or more. Please don't feel bad for putting her in a kennel. I've had to do the same with a broody hen 3 different times. I set up food and water, then pushed a stick through the wire of the cage to make a roost. She pretty much sat on the roost for the week. If you have...

My two GLOws are just as aggressive. They both gang up on a few of the other hens lower in the pecking order. I have heard you can remove the aggressive when to adjust the pecking order. It's worth a try before reforming her. Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

Dustinolson- This post was from last spring! He was definitely a roo and I had to give him away. Maybe the pics can help others?

What beautiful Silkie crosses you all have! It seems for the most part, they all get the large dark eyes from Silkies.

Yellow legs? It's a spur and not a 5th toe. Welsummer was my guess too.

I only have had hens, up until about a month ago. Any help identifying this beautiful boy?

I was thinking the same thing about her head feathers- that slicked back look makes me think rooster. Has "she" started laying yet, or does she just have crazy feathers? A pullet is a female chicken less than a year old. They are technically not called hens until they are over a year.

Kiaa- Your birds are just stunning! I love the roo, He looks like he has a wig on with his long, flowing feathers. The look pretty big too. Mine is very small compared to the rest of the flock, a bantam for sure.

I'm just north of Eugene, Oregon. We're practically neighbors! We had the same weather- inches of rain over the weekend. My run is a mucky mess. My coop is elevated, so they have a dry area under it that's a pretty good size. They usually don't go under unless it's really pouring. I'll be...

I really do! I need a bantam coop. Really, we need to move so I can make this happen. Our house is for sale and we have acreage picked out. We just need to sell first.

I'm here! I just don't check in often. Little Nugget keeps getting picked on, then she flies over my big fence into the side yard. Twice now I've come home from work to her on the other side of the fence. It's maybe a 4 ft. fence with chicken wire extending it another 2 feet. She can't get out...

I'm really interested to hear what others have to say about their disposition. Mine both will pluck feathers from the other 2 chickens that are lower in the pecking order than them. Personally, I'd never get Wyandottes or Orpingtons again. I've had the most trouble with them out of everyone in...

I had a very large, aggressive hen that began attacking me around the time she started laying. I actually thought she was a rooster, she was so much bigger than the others and her feathering was different, until she squatted for me! She was fluffing her feathers up and charging me. It then...

When mine started to lay, it seemed they'd drop their egg wherever they were in their run. I found them all over. I got a ceramic egg to put in each nesting box and they all laid in there from that day on. It was a very convincing egg, so must have done the trick.

This happened to me too. I handled my chicks A LOT. It seemed as soon as they were ready to go outside and had their freedom, them hated me. The sweet ones would run away and shriek. The good news is, once they have each started to lay, I can pet them or pick them up when they squat for me. All...

I'm guessing the runny poop you're referring to is cecal poop. It's very hard to remove from any surface. I have a small concrete slab in front of our garage door that lead out to the run. I have to spray it down almost daily to keep it from staining. Maybe vinegar? I'd be hesitant to use any...

I have a 5 month old Wyandotte that's decided she want to sit on her egg she lays daily. She lays the egg, then hangs out in the nesting box until I go out and remove her. She shrieks, squawks, and pecks when I pick her up, then just goes about her business as soon as I've put her back in the...

I wish you good luck integrating her into the flock. In my experience and from what I've read, the ornamental breeds (Silkies, Polish, ad Sultans) tend to be at the bottom of the pecking order. They tend to be more docile, making them more susceptible to bullying. My Silkie was 4 months old when...