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I really do agree that Roosters should be tough and hard as nails to be all that I expect him to be protecting my flock. I'm just trying to stay out of his way and live in harmony. He recently started standing up to my 2 dogs and I gotta laugh. My dogs are smaller than my Roo and they are scared...

No Roosters will be Roosters. I have two with four hens and all they do is eat and mate. Coming from the city to the country and raising chickens I never have eaten a fertilized eggs until now. WOW they are delicious. Don't fear the fertilized egg. In fact, you can sell them for more than...

just curious how your roos are getting along. i have two that have been hatched together. they are starting to fight but the dominant too continues to win.

Okay well it finally happened. As i was opening the coop door to the chicken yard, out he came and right straight toward me. I was a sight to be seen as my adrenaline was pumping and I am chasing yelling at him. I kicked him but probably not hard enough. I've followed him a couple of times...

I feed layer pellets to my pullets and my cockerel also eat it. I have 4 pullets and 2 cockerels all 6 months old. They are mixed breed and the most beautiful and sensible chickens I have ever seen. They have taught me a thing or two. First, I leave a hose on VERY light on each tree daily and...

My chickens are free ranging for about 7 to 8 hours throughout the day. I also feed laying pellets I buy at the local feed store. They seem to like them very much. I subsidize their feed with table scraps and give them oatmeal on cold mornings, fruits, leftover meat (no pork) and lots of nuts...

I have 4 hens to take turns in ONE nesting box despite having three others at their disposal. This is my first go around with chickens. I raised the 2 cockerels and 4 pullets from eggs. (I hatched in incubator) so Im not sure how to go about letting a hen sit on them. I'd like to let the...

I know this seems silly but I am new to this and have noticed my lead Roo (Napoleon) acting more dominant. In the mornings, I open the coop to the yard and he is the first out. He looks serious when he comes out and I carry a board just in case. I have noticed that on cool mornings is when he...

what's the answer to this? both my roos sleep with my hens in the coop at night.

Thanks. I have 4 hens and 2 roos. I am only getting 2 - 3 eggs so someone isn't laying. I gotta keep an eye on them.

I totally agree. I have two roos, Napoleon is the dominant one. I am intimidated by him but only because he is gorgeous and very protective of his flock. I am trying to learn what "coming after" means. Napoleon is 5 mod old and very large, weighs about 15 lbs easy. He is a mix Dominique/Plymouth...

Okay so you don't have roosters? I thought if the egg was fertilized it needed to go straight into the fridge so that the embryo wouldn't grow. Is that correct? My hens have just started laying and I have been wondering what to do with the eggs. Since they are all fertilized, please give me...

MINE look like that too. I have a cross of a welsummer and plymouth rock partridge. I thought when I first got the really dark chocolate eggs to incubate from a local farmer that I would get a Maran. One may be a cross with it as well. I got a dark chocolate egg with even darker spots. I am...

Mine have just started laying. We found 5 eggs the other day and panicked because we didn't realize they had started to lay. This was so exciting. We cracked one open and there were two full yolks. They were beautiful with the brightest orange yolks i have ever seen. My hens are very noisy in...

I hatched mine and have raised them. This is my first batch of chickens ever and I am hooked. I have one an Australop that wanted to be held as a baby but now just likes to come up and sit next to me. I dare not pet any of them. They are not cuddlers. My roos are very sweet but having never been...

I have crossbreeds. Mine are exactly what you are talking about. My roosters are extremely handsome and my hens are gorgeous. My neighbors all hate chickens but they love my free ranging flock because they are so pretty. Mine you, I am hands off on them. I don't touch them or cuddle them. I give...

wow that's a great idea. just read all about it. the only problem i have is that i have been hands off with my roos so catching them and getting a sock around their necks is going to be a huge challenge. i'm going to monitor this to see how things go for them. i have recently enclosed my coop to...

Thanks what a great link to learn about different issues for our sweet chickens.

No that's the right side, this was BOTH sides and he was VERY soft to the touch. He couldn't walk as his breasts were so full of fluid. Unfortunately we culled him as I had too many roos anyway and it made it an easier choice. None of my hens or other roos have had this occur. Still trying to...