Edit: thanks for the answers, I had a feeling it would be. That would be my luck. Buy only 2 to add to my 13 and 1 would be male.
So, would I be right in assuming that 2 roosters for 15 hens will end badly? Or should I wait for a first sign of aggression before getting rid of him? Because he...
Yes, they've been laying since September.
All 12 of the hens lay by 4 pm daily. I'll keep an eye on them throughout the next few days. If I have enough eggs in the next day or 2 (family and friends been taking excess eggs) I'll leave a few in the nest boxes and see what happens
They are just over a year old. They fluffed their feathers when I went out to collect, and then got the fake egg back under them after I got the real eggs. One of them even managed to get the fake egg from another nest box
Hi y'all, I have a mix flock of 13 chickens, I have a Buff Orpington rooster, a Silkie, a RIR, and the other 10 are a mix of novogen browns and golden comets. It appears that 2 of the novogens or golden comets have gone BROODY, is this possible? I know they are not laying, as all of my hens...
Hi all, it's with a sad heart that I even need to make this post.
I have a 7 month old sliver laced wyandotte.
Sometime this evening she caught her neck in some fencing, or that's what I'm assuming happened
It ripped all of her feathers, and skin from the top of her wings, to her wattle.
I can...
Hello all, I'm new to raising chickens, so I'm still learning as I'm going.
I have 10 chickens total. I've got 6 Novogens, 3 Isa Browns, and 1 Sliver Laced Wyndatte.
I'm do not know which 6 are laying, but I'm pretty sure it is the novogens. The wyndatte is roughly 2-4 weeks younger than the...