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I have too many roosters and poor Leroy just needs a new home. He's almost a year and a half old, no longer the wild n' crazy boy that he was, amorous with the ladies and definitely fertile; one hen is sitting on a second nest that he's fertilized and 9 eggs are ready to hatch any day now. If...

Well, you were all correct on the BR being a roo. Luckily he already has a male name: Rudy. My mom has seen Rudy getting it on with the ladies, but what I'm not understanding is that he's doing it with Leroy present, and Leroy is allowing it. He even comes up and pecks the hen on the head as...

Quote: The gold in the hackles and saddle feathers. Do you suppose the gold coloring will become more pronounced? Just a month ago he was almost entirely black with the greenish-purple tinge to his feathers. Now he has the gold showing a little more. I love the look of the big, buff roos with...

Quote: I'm pretty sure she's a she. I've never heard her crow and Leroy is cool with her; however, before the possum got her, she had some fluffy, vertical tail feathers that made me suspect roo. I'm leaning toward hen, though. Heck, she could be the one laying those pretty, brown eggs. No...

I'm not sure what you mean by "bad leakage."

So my flock has dwindled down to 9 chickens, which I consider to be a very manageable size. I have just a few hens that I need help identifying, along with determining what kind of rooster I have. I already know I have a Golden Sebright Hen (she laid her first egg today!!), a Birchen Cochin...

Quote: Wow he's really pretty. I second the livestock swap. I'm going to have to do that with my two Golden Sebrights. Can't find anyone to take them, and they're sweet, little bitty guys. I guess eating is always an option, but that always makes me sad.

2 cute little guys need a new home. Local pickup only, but I am willing to meet within a reasonable distance.

Well, I have news. The day started out crappy enough, but when I got home, I was witness to one rooster standing on my sweet Cochin bantam, grabbing him on the comb, then literally flinging him over his shoulder to the ground. I figured out a way to recognize him as the offender, went in the...

No, I don't want to keep them. I've posted them on Craigslist already but I put a price on them to try to recoup some of my cost. Do you think I'll be more successful just giving them away for free? I feel so bad making them stay outside tonight, but I know my other babies in the coop will...

I have 4 white roosters, probably White Leghorns, that are total terrors and hurting my flock. I catch them standing on top of Fatty, my Cornish X, or beating up my Seabright bantams. Tonight was the last straw when one came after and jumped on me while I was busy catching another one and...

I don't believe we have a store like that here, but I will check. I've definitely considered the dog runs together. Even thought I could put a few in each one and just let them hang out separately, though periodically switch them around for socializing. I'm keeping my options open. I don't...

Please post as an auction in the Buy Sell Auction section of the forum, near the bottom of the index page. Thanks.

Ooh, add me to the list that doesn't like the white leghorns. I have 4 and they are irritating. They'll come running up for treats, but God forbid I reach for one. They go nuts and freak out all the others, too. I have an idea my other chicks would be much sweeter/calmer if the WL weren't around.

Noob here... what is SSS?

Would a bug light work? Been thinking about hanging one in my coop. Toasted treats for the chickies, falling from the sky. Mmmm

Quote: Was his name MacGyver??

"Runs" would be nice, but these are the portable 3'x3'x4' dog crates. I think I'll rig them to hold just a few at a time and see if my dad will so the ol' switcheroo halfway during the day. I'm also just going to start building a big outdoor run for them and hope I don't screw it up. I mean, I'm...

I have my 17 (well, 16 since one got injured and is inside recooperating ) chickies in the cinder block coop and so far everything is okay, but I'm growing more and more concerned that they're not getting enough daylight. I let them out in the morning when I get up and they have freedom to hang...

How sad I don't have any advice (newbie here), but if it were me, I'd make a tiny sling pouch and have a permanent buddy everywhere I went. I hope you're able to determine what's going on soon, and hopefully the situation will straighten out on its own. Good luck