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  1. Mountaintop Homestead

    14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    Oh gosh!! I've been told that that could be possible but I don't believe I have any fertilized eggs right now. :(. I don't believe he's been mating at all. Thank you though! I had a younger rooster taken by a hawk, that did mate with all my girls. And I may still have some fertilized eggs left...
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    14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    I will not be setting eggs today, Rooster is sick and hasn't been mating. After researching it seems to be gout. But he has a few broken pin feathers that has been causing him some trouble, he's not happy with me for pulling them out, but I didn't want him to bleed out. He's been hiding from the...
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    14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    I may have to be moved to a maybe, my Rooster that I had planned on breeding was taken by a hawk. Calico will be missed. My other Rooster, is older, and I I haven't noticed him mating with the girls since the disappearance of my younger rooster. It's like he's lost his mojo... I will give it a...
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    Rhode Island Red + ? = ?

    I had an Easter Egger Rooster that I had planned on breeding but unfortunately he was taken by a hawk... he will be missed. But now I'm left with my RIR Rooster to breed this year. It's my first time breeding. Through my research, I've read that if I breed my RIR with my White Leghorn I will get...
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    14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    I'd like to join!! It will be my first time hatching but I think I've already "hatched" a plan. I'm hoping to have a broody hen to get the job done and hatch naturally. Wish me luck! I hope to have some adorable Easter photos with our newest feather babies.
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    Lonely rooster and baby chicks

    Its so neat, this is my second flock now, and the first didn't go so well. I'd love for them to be close. I hope he does start brooding them. That'd be great, I did see him start to peck at one and start to pull her feathers out so I did separate him. But I'll keep trying and see how he keeps...
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    Lonely rooster and baby chicks

    After introducing him to my 12 chicks, he followed me to my front door and just stood there for hours. My 7 year old opened the door and the rooster invited himself in and found my brooding bin and is now standing guard. He's allowing us to pass but when we walk by he makes his presence known...
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    Lonely rooster and baby chicks

    Thank you so much, this is amazing advice! I am in the process of buttoning up my coop so (hopefully) no more critters will ever get into it again. Then it needs a good cleaning. But I will put them in the temporary space I have provided for my survivors in my basement and see how they do. I...
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    Lonely rooster and baby chicks

    I lost most of my flock to a Mink this Christmas, and all I have left is one Rooster and 2 guineas (male and female). After my Guinea cock established dominance over my male Rooster claiming the female guinea.. my Rooster seems lonely. I just got 12 chicks that are now about 3 weeks old, should...
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    Cute Chick Contest!!

    Oh my goodness I was going to try to enter this one, but who can compete with this. Lol
  11. Mountaintop Homestead

    Guinea Cock VS Rooster

    I do not, I have my coop, and a space in my basement I made for them when my coop was attacked by a Mink. My husband hasn't gotten down to button up the problem areas in my coop yet, so I'd worry about putting one in there. I'm tossing around a few ideas though.
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    Guinea Cock VS Rooster

    I was wondering the same, my other mean rooster could stand up to the guinea but now that he's gone I'm just thinking that this one is a lover not a fighter, and he's just taking the beating. I did just pick up 12 chicks at the hatchery on the 9th but they are only 2 weeks old now.
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    Guinea Cock VS Rooster

    Thanks so much, I brought him in and put him in my bathtub, cleaned him as best as I could. The wounds seem to all be mostly coming from his comb. I did rub antibiotic ointment on his comb and a bit on his neck for good measure. But all the dry blood on his comb are all scabs and not coming off...
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    Guinea Cock VS Rooster

    I raised my guineas and chickens together. After a Mink attack on my coop this winter. I had 2 Roosters and 2 of my guinea fowls (1 male and 1 female) left in my flock. After one rooster became very aggressive towards me and my small children we had to get rid of him. Leaving me with a Rooster...
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    Christmas chicken loss

    Good to know!! Thanks. Haha glad I didn't waste money on one.
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    Mink in the coop

    Thanks so much for sharing. My dog was barking like crazy but I figured it was just a deer, like usual. I should have listened to him. I hope there will be no more, but we do plan on fixing the problem before removing the remainder my chicks from the basement. I will start over this spring...
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    Mink in the coop

    Oh my goodness I cried for 2 days until we caught the little stinker. Thanks for your sympathy. Sorry you had to go through it also. We live on 10 acres in the Pennsylvania mountains, and we have a freshwater stream running through our property line. So we are in the perfect spot for Mink. Our...
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    Mink in the coop

    Thank you, we have ventilation near the metal roof where the studs come down, sorry you can't see it in the picture, but we covered in between the studs with hardware cloth. Well we figured on the wall we erected, nothing would be able to scale up and squeeze in between the metal roof and the...
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    Christmas chicken loss

    It seems that the census here is that hawk is your problem. Being in the mountains I haven't had this problem yet myself but I have done some research anticipating this exact problem. First I'm sorry for your loss, I actually loss 8 of 12 during Christmas due to a Mink in the coop. So I...
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    STARTING OVER😭

    I definitely feel for your loss, having chickens is a lifestyle choice and something definitely feels missing without them. I will consider myself lucky to still have 2 roosters and 2 guineas left but I recently during Christmas also lost most of my flock. 6 hens, 1 rooster, and a guinea fowl. I...
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