Thanks for the insight guys! My chickens are all together so whatever happens happens. My rooster doesn't hurt the hen but I'm not sure if he accually gets on her or not. I might let her sit on a couple eggs if she goes broody, but otherwise it won't be for a couple years before I let her hatch...
I have a question. I have a frizzled bantam cochin and a standard cochin rooster. I want to get a chick from them but I'm not sure if that will work since the bantam eggs are so small. Is it dangerous to hatch a half standard chick from a bantam egg?
I'm pretty new too so I'm not an expert. My chickens have mites that I need to treat myself. I found diatomaceous earth isn't enough. I use melted organic coconut oil and it works but the mites have kept coming back. I have a spray bottle that I use to soak their little butts with. I've also...
I just added 3 standards and one bantam to my flock of 10 standards last Sunday. Naturally there has been some fighting but the chickens have shared a fence for years so its gone quite smoothly. However this morning I found the bantam (Olivia) had a patch of skin missing on her neck. She seems...
When you chase one around the coop because one feather is not right.
When your step mom thinks getting you a chicken guide for Christmas is a great idea.