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My wife has a Dr appointment on.thr 26th, I can send him back with her but, you'd need to pick him up in Cypress the day she travels back, probably next Sunday. We're in an apartment there and chickens aren't allowed plus, he'll be in a box and ready to get out. It's a 4.5 hour drive from here...

Hatched in Feb. As is so often the case, I ended up with more boys than I need. I'd rather find him a new home than cull him. He's a little standoffish from lack of handling but, does calm down once you catch him. I think with the proper attention, he'll probably turn into a sweet little pet...

I have watched the way he behaved with the other roosters and you're absolutely right, he goes where he wants​ and the other remaining roosters moves out of the way. It was observing this behavior that got me to start doing what I'm doing. Like I said, animals seem to respond better when you...

Our daughter is 21 and not at home anymore. We had one that was a real jerk, he got culled. This guy's agression has almost always been because he thought we were messing with his girls. He's calmed down some since we culled the other rooster as well, actually the whole flock is more relaxed...

I have this really pretty Welsummer rooster in my flock. He does a great job of watching out for the hens so we've given him a little leniency on some of his sauciness but, I'm not on for human agressive roosters either. When he was younger, he'd make a sneak attack from behind occasionally...

I check the feet and skin color. Silkies will have black skin and an extra toe, 4 go forward, 1 goes back. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

I got one of these for my heat lamp, makes it infinitly easier to control my brooder temp. Lutron TT-300H-WH Electronics Plug-In Lamp Dimmer, White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000BYEF6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_K7REUPLQjxDEg Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

My broody is a sweetheart, she's one of the birds that likes to jump in my lap in the evening. Her chicks are learning from her and will crawl into my hand when I bring them treats. If I pick one up.and it starts to freak, mama will come running but, if I just let them do their thing, they're...

I puty broody back in the coop with her chicks 2 days after they hatched. Neither she nor the chicks have been bothered by any of the other birds, including the roosters. I did put her nest where the other chickens could still socialize with her during the day and they did stop by and visit...

I had an RIR rooster that was about the coolest guy you'd ever meet. He loved people and didn't have an agressive bone in his body. I lost him to a predator that attached one of my Bantam Cochin's, he ran in and got taken, the Cochin survived. She still hasn't grown the feathers back and took...

We had a mean rooster, past tense. He went after my wife one time too many and I culled him that evening at roost time. Amazingly, the flock has been a lot more relaxed since his removal, I guess he was bullying more than I realized. We do still have 2 roosters, a Bantam Brahma and a...

I tried giving chicks to a broody, she tried to kill them. She wanted to sit on eggs at that point, wasn't ready for chicks. She hatched her clutch Wednesday​ and I have a few chicks coming out of the incubator this morning. I'm going to try slipping them into her clutch but, I'm fully...

Thanks for the compliments. This hen actually had a run in with a predator a few months ago. She was with my RIR Bantam Rooster (who was a really cool little guy) and she escaped but, he never made it home. She's actually missing a lot of feathers on her back and had couple of lacerations on...

This is our first broody hatch, I've used the incubator before. If I can work it out, I'll use a broody from now on. After just a couple of days, it's easy to see the benefits​ to the chicks of having a mom and, it's easier for us. And, like you said, seeing the little chicks coming in and...

I had a Bantam Cochin go broody a few weeks back so I let her have 7 eggs, she hatched them all yesterday and is mothering them quite well. We have a LF Welsummer and 2 Bantam Brahma roosters. I know we got 1 pure Welsummer, 1 Welsummer x Brahma, 2 Welsummer x Cuckoo Marans (which are...

Thanks, that's pretty much what I'd come up with, Cockerel gets culled, pullet we'll just see how she does. My feeder is a 3" PVC pipe with a saintary Y at the bottom and a little bit of pipe below so, it is pretty deep. It's been able to eat from the chick feeder ok so far, hopefully it'll do...

One of my Ameraucana chicks has developed scissor beak suddenly. There's nothing in the brooder for it to get injured on so I don't know what happened. I'm gathering there isn't much I can do to fix this from searching online but, thought I'd check with you guys to see if anyone has a remedy.

Funny thing, I originally ordered these eggs for a Cochin that acted like she was going broody but, by the time they arrived she'd changed her mind. Well, it looks like she's decided she's going to go broody after all and this time, she seems more committed. I'm going to just give her a few of...

I ended up with 6 total, 3 Silkies and 3 Ameraucanas. I started with a total of 15 eggs so about a 40% hatch rate overall, which I feel pretty good about for shipped eggs and being a first timer. I still have 3 in the incubator, including #14. None of them gave any indications of life in the...

14 has been rocking but, no pip yet. I've got 3 Silkies and 1 Ameraucana now. Had to help the 3rd Silkie a little, it unzipped but after several hours still wasn't completely free of the shell. I picked a little shell off for it and it popped right out.