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Hi! my goose lost her mate this last summer... she is almost a year old... i found a gander that is the same age as her, im picking him up today. will they be inclined to fight? my goose is in with a flock of 8 hens and to roos... whats the best way to introduce him?

I'm having tough luck with my batch of 25 barred and columbian rock hens.. they just started to lay this last week... and yesterday morning i noticed a rattling sound comming from a couple of the roosters, by the evening the whole flock is rattling and sneezing while theyre roosting... and have...

so a while back i posted a barred rock chick that i was confused about. Well, I am still confused. The chick was mostly voted to be a rooster, with the idea being to post once 'he' is a little older... He was voted rooster because of his male barring pattern. So i have him beside my rooster...

very curious when does the average rooster start to crow? and if theyre not raised with another rooster does it take them longer to learn?

I have some RIR hens that are almost 2 years old... if i decide to butcher them, will they make good meat? i dont want to butcher them and have a bunch of tough chicken to eat... with the heritage breeds such as Plymouth rocks etc. when is the best time to butcher?

my roo is just shy of 12 weeks... so far no crow or even practicing... he is supposed to be a 'rainbow layer' so hes just a big old mix of breeds... his saddle feathers have just started comming in the last week... he is HUGE already as big as my year old RIRs...

my 8 week old chick named Warts has tons of growths on the bottom of one foot and they seem to be painful... she holds her foot off the ground some of the time and also seems to favour that foot... what is it and how do i cure it? she is in a large stable-turned-coop and has access to a big...

Her name (i hope its a her) is Warts... because she has tons of growths on the bottom of one of her feet, which really worries me... but she is my favorite and very friendly... always talking to me... im really hoping shes a hen... any opinions? shes 8 weeks about

I have a bunch of Columbian Rocks... about 8 weeks of age... one im suspicious of being a roo has a big red comb but not much tail plumage, the other suspect has black & green tail plumage but a paler smaller comb... sorry for the poor photos, i can only keep them still by holding them hehe

I have my guesses on what genders I have, but this is my first time raising chicks from babies, so i'd like some expert opinions. Also do they look like Easter Eggers? Theyre 'supposed to' lay coloured eggs.... They came from a farm that just had Ameracauna, Splash, Blue, BLRW, Sizzles, &...

Something got & ate my Gander in the night...😭🙈 he was 3 months old... His mate Lucy is extremely distressed and very sad... is it possible i could get another Gander? would Lucy accept him as a new mate?

I have 25 pure barred rocks and columbian rocks... they are 7 weeks... Just curious when this breed starts laying? I also have some easter eggers that are approx. 12 weeks... whats the average time for them to lay?

I have three 3 month hens that i bought off kijiji on a whim... they are supposed to be 'rainbow layers'. I am especially curious what breed the gold/yellow neck hen is? I have never seen anything like her... any ideas on her or the other two?😊 the little black one seems to be way behind the...