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Thanks for the warm welcome. Much appreciated She says all of her chicks are hens, so I don't think we'll have other roos to contend with.

We have too many roosters and would like to give one to a friend who has new chicks. Will the rooster harm the chicks, since they are not his and there are no full grown hens to protect them?

How do you (what do you mean by) dubbing the comb

I was afraid it might be frostbite. If they loose their combs, will they grow back? Will is cause any future problems?

Several of our Rhode Island Red Roosters have pretty severe blackening on their combs. On a few it is just the top points, but one has the entire top half of his comb solid black. Is this from cold weather or does it come from disease? This is their only symptom. They are eating well, moving...

I just put in an order with Cackle. I had good luck with McMurray last year, but just read some bad reviews about folks who bought Rhode Island Reds and they ended up having wierd twisted legs! Since Rhode Island Reds are what I wanted to buy, I was leary. So we'll see what Cackle has to...

Does anyone have a favorite hatchery to purchase from? I've only used Murray McMurray. I know other who like Cackles. Who would you suggest? I do not buy show birds. Just layers and meat birds.

Sorry for your loss. We lost our first chicken this morning. 8 months old and just dropped dead for no apparent reason. I'll be keeping my eye on the others and hope they are all o.k.

We just had our first chicken fatality this morning. She was an 8 month old White Rock. There were no signs of trauma, but my husband said that she did have a few black spots on her comb. They have all been acting and looking healthy and laying well. This is our first time with chickens, so...