Well Hello there,
I see you clicked that lil link under my picture when I made a comment which means you didn’t come here to see an empty page now did ya?
Well I guess we be a needin to get down to it, well allow me to start by showing you a picture of me and the wife
She is the one in the...
When mine started to do the back of the neck biting and chasing the other hens around I thought that "Jill" was just mean well turned out "Jill" was "Jack" so you may have a rooster on your hands but my rule of thumb is crow or lay we will know for sure...
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I have all the same breeds I raised from Dayold chicks rest asured none of them are Roos but with that being said the one that makes the most noice will be the fiestest. our Light bramas (we have 1 roo and 3 hens) All have big thick legs but the roo got fat fast and now is way bigger...
Heat lamps over the nesting boxes?
Close off the nesting area with tarps and keep a low wat bulb in that area?
An elec heater turn to low setting hung from the roof?
These are just Ideas Good luck yall
Mine was to small so I had to make it bigger so I guess it depends on the breeds your going to have as for opening and shut I would go with the slider on auto with a timer so it will be open well before it's time and close after dark..
Good luck to you
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WELCOME!!!!!
I have never had the pleasure of a Wellie that has gone broody, but some folks that hatched out some eggs from me had 4 of their Wellie girls go broody this summer. They actually called and asked me if I wanted them because they were not happy that they went broody(they...
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Thank you Happy Chooks, mine isn't a year old yet either I got her in may of this year (2010) so it will happen for you when they are ready (I think note they said they were NON-Setters).
Good Luck to you
I can't help you treat it but I do know this much you need to get that one away as far away as you can from the others and hope it is the only that has it..
Good luck to you
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Since we are talking welsummers has anyone ever had one go broody and become a mom? if so was she a good mom?
I ask because they were listed as a NON-setter and this is her first setting I have 8 eggs under her right now so far so good...
Mine are about 4 inches off the floor and they like it that way I tried to get them higher and they wouldn't lay in them ones.
The only time I ever get coop floor eggs is when all the nest boxes have hens in them already... So I don't think it matters to them as long as they can get into it...
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I have Mates of the same breed in the top pic the one on the right is your only roo the one on the left is a hen you can tell because the males legs on this breed is fat but not much fatter then the hens but in pic one you can clearly see the diff.
Good luck
Oh BTW they are gental...
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Mine do the same every time and it is always the same nest box no matter how many times I put it back I got out the next day and itsa gone agin rolled clear acroos the coop or buryed in the shavings it is weird but check your shavings I bet you find both of them in there.
Good luck to you
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Well first of all he is a male and she is a MIL so there for He don't like her Lmaooooo Just kidding..........
Mine was stalking me and my wife she fixed him by a swift kick but for me he only did it when I had my Non-Chicken (Work) Clothes on that he is used to seeing me in but one...
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If you look at the feathers just in front of their tail feathers you will see feathers that are pointy and hang down from the center of their backs that IS A ROO that is one way to be able to tell and being all 3 of these have saddle feathers yep you got all roos still.
What you wanna...
I myself had a bird show up on my door step one day she was so under weight and thristy when I put her in the cage with food and water she tore into like she had never eattin before and when she started in on the water she doned it like a drunk at the pub but I am happy to report she is doing...
The answer is yes they will get along just fine Roos liek every other animal in this world hes a pecking order the Alpha roo knows his roll and the other knows his roll even if you threw a hen into the mix they would not fight but they would have to put her in check because of the order of...
I have the same amount of space as you so I know the pains you are having and what I did was I made one run in front of my coop and one in the back both are about 10 feet long However the one in the back is only about 5 feet wide where the one in front is 10 feet wide and I have 30 chickens not...
I have 30 chickens not counting babies (because they eat starter ) and 5 Gineas (sp?) and I go through 100 lbs a month in layer pellets and about 100lbs in scratch (DW's fault everytime she goes out to see them she has to feed them scratch) but as I tell my friends and family and all of those...