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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately he died last night. Just before dying he some of the tannish colored liquid coming out of his mouth. I have no idea what he may have gotten into or what got into him. Fortunately the rest of the flock is fine.

No rooster experts out there with a word of advice?

Hello Everyone, I have a six month old rooster who over the course of three days became lethargic. He eats very little, and his poop has yellow-tan liquid with a little white slime and a few green flecks from his food. He has lost a lot of weight. His comb is still red and his feathers are...

Thanks for the replies. My sense is that I want the roosters to be well-developed so as not to be 'hen-pecked' by the girls of the new flock that they will go to. We don't mind keeping them longer - we're kind of attached to them in fact.. But how about this: the dominant rooster-lad of these...

Hello everyone, We have 4-5 young roosters from a clutch of eggs that one of our broody Speckled Sussex hens hatched out 10 weeks ago. We will be needing to find homes for most of these roosters since we do not want to eat them. We are wondering - what age is best for relocating them into a new...

Thanks very much for your answers. There are at least 5 hatched out now, looking very happy and perky, with 6 more to go. What a miracle!

No helpful chicken folk here with words of wisdom for a newcomer?

Hello Everyone, The day of hatching has arrived, a few days earlier than my wife and I were expecting, and I have some questions about how to best help our Speckled Sussex Matilda raise her chicks. I looked in the Learning Center for info on hens with their chicks but did not find anything...

Great information and stories, everyone! I appreciate your input. I think I had a misconception about the abilities of a rooster to defend a flock, due to how fast and cunning and aggressive our rooster was towards me (early on) and my wife (always). Our rooster was - and I say WAS for a...

Thanks for your replies. It surprised me that I did not hear anything coming from the rooster as a warning call - I only heard the hens. Actually the first sound I heard was like the sound of a hen telling the rooster that she was not interested in being mounted. Then came a more insistent...

I have heard about roosters fighting to the death if necessary to protect the flock - sounds like a great idea! And yet our rooster has apparently gotten out of the way on two occasions when a neighborhood dog came and killed our chickens. The second attack occurred yesterday when I was in the...