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Please help me identify gender of my chickens. They are about 6 months old. If there are roos, would they be crowing by now?

Chickens enjoying their run. Therapeutic for me to watch them. Thanks to all you creative people on byc who gave me ideas while reading through various threads.

Went into feeders supply to get cat food and for a field trip for my grandchildren. Came out with cat food and 7 eight week old buff orpington pullets, and the grandchildrenof course. Didn't know they were selling chicks. I had been thinking of adding more pullets to my flock. Sale dictated that...

This is a growth on my labrador's left hind leg. It grew about an inch and half and then stopped for over a year. It didn't seem to bother her. I assumed it was just a fatty tumor. For a few months now, it has been changing, growing extra little bumps on the lower edges. She licks it frequently...

I need to have work done in my home's crawlspace. The space needs to be closed up and dehumidified. Workers will not go back in because of rat snakes. Just a few snakes. I would rather repel them than take the time to capture them or kill them. We have tried mothballs. The smell permeated the...

I am considering making a plastic tote chicken porthole feeder. I have searched the feeding and watering forum and have done a basic search using different words. I have seen the bucket porthole feeders - hanging type and set up on blocks. I welcome advice and pictures similar to my idea. And...

I have adopted my daughter's cat, Ninja, after he started peeing outside the litterbox. She didn't want to banish him to live outside since they live close to a road. I don't want him to live outside here because I am almost sure i have lost a cat to coyotes soon after my husband and i moved...

Is it humane to drown a cat because it attacked your livestock? I was reading on a quail thread earlier today. Someone had trapped a feral cat because it had tried to get into the quail cage. Then that person took the cage with the trapped cat inside and pushed the cage under water. I know...

What kind of chicken waterer do ya'll prefer? I'm a newbie at chicken keeping. Only had chickens a few weeks. I have a galvanized metal waterer hung for my chickens. There's damp shavings on the floor every morning.