hi - yesterday i saw my female duck literally on top of my male duck, the male was laying on the floor and the female was like standing on top of him. i googled this and im pretty sure they are mating? but i did more research and i guess mating is when the male is on top, so i am super confused...
Question- I have had an English Orpington (so big) rooster with a silkie rooster (but a sassy one) and five large hens (eng orps and brahmas) free ranging for 4-5 months now. They’ve been fabulous and we’ve had zero issues. The silkie was about 7 months old when we introduced them and the eng...
I just got a new chicken of my cousin named " white tailed"
He is so quiet and calm ! He likes to pet!
But now my old chicken "salar" fight with him!
White tailed just runaway to my arms!
How to fix it?
Hi everyone
I purchased three 6-8 week old chicks, that were all apparently female. I was never planning on having a rooster, but as it turns out I have two cockerels and a pullet! That's alright though!
What I do need to know though, is how many hens I will need, to keep the two cockerels...
I have a mixed flock of 13 with 2 roosters, and yesterday, someone dropped a stray young cockerel in my yard. Needless to say, he and my dominant rooster had a run in, and my rooster's eye is shut. As he's a silkie and his eye and surrounding areas are all black, it's hard to tell what the...