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Two weeks is a little early for sexing them. Sometimes you can tell a little by the legs. Roos legs tend to be thicker and will show up early.

I had rabbits in the coop with my chickens, but the rabbits were in cages on the wall in front of the North windows so they got a lot of light. I don't think they would be good just running in the coop because they do dig. I think if they didn't get out they would make a mess is the yard. and...

Pretty kids you have there.

I went back and looked at the other picture and I see a little gold coming in around the neck. Not under the chin but on some neck feathers on the side and some pointy feathers ( I think) around the tail area. I hope I am wrong for you. but look at the legs. Are they stockier than the...

Baby goats are sooo cute. I miss having them. The chicks all look like hens but I am a little worried about the black one. It might just be the angle but it kinda looks a little rooish. LOL Just a little.

I agree about the dawn. You will just have to keep him under a light or some place warm until he gets totally dry again. As far as the babies light is concern...I guess part of it is how big the place you have them in is. I usually have a big box and put the light in one end and the food on...

Dunlap Hatchery has EE In the large breeds and cochins in the Banties. I don't know why they don't have them in the large breed too. I got some of my EE's from them. they lay nice bluish eggs and are all colors themselves. I also got some of their Red and Black production chickens. They lay...

wow those are big bugs. I haven't had anything like that. We did have the mites once and I dusted the hem with mite dust and then cleaned the house and white washed the walls and everything in it with the diatinacious earth. Not spelled right. I have never had anymore after that. The nest...

lovely eggs. and yes a peahen would really raise the sound level at their house. LOL

What a pain people can be. I hope it all works out for you. I am sure it will.

You might not need a big rooster with the goat to help out. LOL

I don't kill them anymore myself. I am not as active as I used to be. getting older. lol My son lives with us and he does the killing and skinning. He doesn't like to pluck so I let him do it his way. It is better for canning without the skin anyway. They cook good in the slow cooker...

In my experience it would be better to have the roo close to the age of the hens. If he is older he may want to start mounting them and they will be afraid of him if they are too young. If you could get a small one and raise him with them that would be ideal. Could you get some chicks from a...

This is a good place to get interested in chickens. I got a little too interested last spring and hatched a lot of eggs I got here and some of my SILs and my own. Mine did not do well as I had only one roo fro about 30 hens. But now I have 4 roos for about that many so should have good eggs...

I hope you get feeling yourself soon. I have heard this flu is really bad this year. I have been luck. Good luck with the lock down. I got the fever last year and hatched more than I needed. I would love to hatch again but I am just don't have any more room. LOL I had to put some of the...

Both are good looking! Sounds like he is doing ok now. I hope he doesn't turn out like my hen with the mental problem. LOL I am sure when he gets older he will assert himself over the hens.

Thanks MO5C for the welcome back. We live in an underground house that has a green house in front of the kitchen. That part is not covered with dirt but has a tin roof. When the big chickens were all out with the 5 roos I have there was a scuffle on the top of house just behind the green...

You got here in the right weather. It hasn't been this nice until lately. I just changed my chickens back from 18 percent protein to 16 percent. We had an inversion with very cold weather for quite a while here. Have you got family in Parma? I probably don't know them but you never know...

Hi, I joined this group a long time ago but there wasn't much going on here then. Glad to see some people talking here and some close to my home in Parma. Anyway, I thought I would share with you about this little hen I have that gives me a laugh almost every day. I hatched her out of some...

I have had luck by penning them where they could see each other for a week or so but not being able to get to each other. They see and learn to recognise each other and then they are not so likely to jump on each other. It is hard but everyone has to have a place in the order. I go in at nite...