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  1. saracb

    Chicken behavior - adding banty hen back to flock advice

    Hi everyone, I need some advice on a chicken flock situation. Hopefully this is the right place to post this. We got a rooster last summer and it really changed the dynamics of my flock. I have 5 hens (had 6 with the bany) and 1 rooster. The head of the flock got aggressive over the spring...
  2. saracb

    Ended Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2013 Calendar

    You all have such beautiful photos! The ones that I love the most are of hens with their chicks, not something we have seen in person (yet?).
  3. saracb

    Life expectancy and crowing habits of Cornish Cross roosters

    Hi - I'm pretty new to having chickens, I posted this past summer for help on sexing a bird that I had. He was a rooster and I found another home for him since I live in Chicago and can't have a rooster that crows all the time. I took in a cornish cross a few months ago who everyone thought...
  4. saracb

    Rescued rooster in the city

    Thanks for the advice. Shoot, we have really been holding onto the idea that we have a hen. But this morning I think he crowed a little, although we ran outside looking for an egg. I think we'll take the advice of finding a good home for him while we can and before he starts crowing. He's super...
  5. saracb

    Rescued rooster in the city

    My family just took in a rescued rooster - the people who found it thought it was a hen, but according to many folks here it is a red sexlink rooster. We plan to keep him and are starting to build a coop. We originally wanted hens for the eggs but can't turn this guy away. I don't want for...
  6. saracb

    New, trying to sex this rescue chicken

    Thanks everyone. We were hoping for a hen, but really like this guy so we're making a go of it. I hope he doesn't start crowing or our neighbors might not like it. So far just clucking.
  7. saracb

    New, trying to sex this rescue chicken

    I'm new here and while my partner and I have been researching chickens for a while we had decided to wait until next year. On Friday, a friend called after finding a chicken running around in a park in Chicago. After discussing all the reasons why not to pick it up we did anyway. We think, but...
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