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Jed,my young drake is also sex-crazed.. He has 3 girls and the other day I caught him waddling after one of my chicken hens. She wasn't going to let that happen, and neither was I! I have heard that a chicken can die from being mated with a drake- something about the anatomy. I waved my arms and...

I have several hens with very developed combs and wattles. Very red as well. And at that age.. To each their own though..

Ok! And take note of Edith's activities.. Within the next 4 weeks, if Edith is a boy, you will see more roo characteristics (trying to mount females, fighting with other males, possible crowing etc.).

When they're younger, males and females will do this a little bit, but roos do it more frequently. I still think it's too early to give up hope, I still say wait til week 14. :)

I'm going with undecided still.. What is Edith's disposition these days?

Thanks! I will probably keep him penned up for a while to acclimate him to the surroundings and new environment. I hope he becomes happier out here. I'm trying to convince my husband to give him a good chance. I would really like to keep him, even past thanksgiving because I think turkeys are...

I don't plan on letting him free range with the chickens. He is with 9 chickens now (the ones I'm getting in the deal), and he is very mean to them, so I know I can't trust him around chickens for the time being, if ever. I like to give the mean ones a fair chance, especially when they are...

Hi all! This weekend, I am receiving a friend's flock of chickens for free, and the stipulation is that we have to also take their tom turkey. He is a black Spanish turkey. The reason they want to get rid of him is that he is very mean and will attack them any time they try to go into the coop...

Yes, I was posting from my phone and apparently it thought stake feather sounded better. lol

Hi, I believe that the OP has been inactive for a while now, so if you have Pekins, consider yourself a part of the club! :)

Oh! I am sorry to hear that you had a medical situation. I am glad that you went to the hospital and got it taken care of! There will be plenty of next times, if you like to keep chickens! I hope you are well on your way on the mending path!

If you have Pekins, consider yourself a member!

Thank you! This also seems like a good option. I have about 70 birds that I would need to treat, so this might be a better option for me. :)

That is what I'm hoping for! :)

She's not laying yet.. I'm excited to see if she will lay a blue egg or a green egg.. She is an EE. Her father was a bearded EE and her mother was a silver laced wyandotte. :)

Thank you! I have read that some people used Frontline. I didn't know it was safe for meat chickens though! :) Out of curiousity, how much did you dose each chicken?

It's definitely not a silver laced wyandotte. If it is, the lacing is terribly wrong. She is pretty though! :)

How cute! I discovered that my pullets started laying. They were a bit bigger than your tiny egg. A lot of them were double yolks too!

Of course! :)

Oh boy! You are 1/3 of the way there! lol!