Hi everyone! We have 13 hens of various breeds at our house and a Silkie rooster. We thought we had a BCM hen but turns out he's a rooster. Would these 2 roosters be ok together or is it best to just sell one?
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My name is Ellie, and welcome to my flock's journey. I live in a small town in upper New England with currently twelve hens. I've owned chickens for over 10 years, and a lot of stuff has happened in that time. Fisher cats to Marek's disease, I've seen it all.
I created this thread for...
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I have 7 hens, 2 white layers, 2 dark brown layers, 1 light brown layer, 1 cream layer, and (SUPPOSEDLY) a blue egg layer.
Ok, here is the story. All of the hens I just told you about are good layers eggs except for, the cream layer (who doesn't lay anymore) and one of the dark brown...
My chicks are 6 weeks old, 2 cocks and hen (I think). They and mother hen have been in a seperate pen because one of other chickens in the main run almost killed one of them. When should I start to think about trying to integrate them all? I'm excepting soon mum will want to go roost so should I...
My main flock got Coryza after we moved. I'm vegan I won't hurt them, I've been treating them and cleaning their eyes 7 dead already. What will it look like from here? What do I do? I'm devastated, my three smaller flocks are separate and appear okay, I'm not certain my whole main flock is...
I am selling 7 ayam cemani chickens. 1 rooster and 6 hens. The hens are laying right now. The rooster isn't aggressive at all. Must buy the whole flock of chickens. We keep all our chickens happy and healthy. Fed and watered every day.
Message me for price. Will also trade for nigerian dwarf...
Hi Everyone,
Just curious as im starting to want more and more!
How many birds do you have in your current flock?
And How many did you originally start with?
Hello! So one of my chickens died from coriza, she came infected from the local fair..
We buried her and my other hen also sneezes a lot but with the antibiotics she has gotten a lot better and is very active, even tho the sneezing isnt gone! The problem is that she is on her own and we need to...
Hi everyone I’m new to this site as well as geese and ducks. I want to explain the whole thing so it’ll be long but please read! I’m so confused/ upset....
We have 3 Pekin females ( 3 months) and then found an abandoned Canadian gosling -Philip ( 2 months now) and immediately got him a friend...
Hi want to introduce you to my flock!
Belle, RIRXAustralorp
Jewel, RIRXAustralorp
Nim, RIRXRIW
Leaf, RIRXRIW
Sherbet, RIRXRIW
Mini, RIRXAustralorp
Pip and Tinky (Pip at the front, Tinky at the back), RIWXLeghorn
And that is all of them, can anyone guess their personalites...
Cemani cross flock. Really beautiful birds, some solid black, others with silver lacing, beards and muffs. Flock of 50 from 1.5 - 5 months old. About even hen/roo ratio. Hens should be great layers. Roos are not aggressive. All great free rangers.
I need them gone. What doesn't go this week will...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am raising poultry on my own for the first time. Last time I had chicken was as a child with my grandfather.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Last month I received 26 birds including 16 chicken, 4 turkeys, and 6...
We had some sister wives go broody on us and we ended up with a couple mutt ducklings that have four moms. (Lol). They are two days old and we have been keeping them sequestered from the rest of the flocks (drakes, hens and geese). Do we need to do this? Will the moms protect them? Every other...
As I stated in our introduction to the group, we are brand new newbies at this chicken raising thing!! Lol So, we need some help with flock integration!! We have two flocks that we are wanting to integrate into one extra large coop. Currently our “main” flock of 5 hens, which consists of 1 Black...
Here's my flock enjoying the main backyard!
I have a black laced red wyandotte, a blue Andalusian's, a white leghorn, a olive egger/easter egger(waiting on first egg), a black sex link, and a calico princess.
And Wasabi my pug.
Thought it would be nice to learn more about each other.
3 questions:
Where are you from?
How big is your current flock?
What made you fall in love with the idea of having your own chickens?
I will go first.
My name is Krystal.
I'm from Queensland, Australia.
I currently have 8 Australorp...
Well I’ve had these guys since Apiril 4th and I know for sure I’ve got once rooster because he’s started crowing at 5:30
I love all these little fluffs by I am also coming to accept I’m going to have to trim down soon and sell off a few because my yard is way too small!
But I don’t have many...
Beautiful Black and Silver Cemani crosses. Dark faces and some have intricate silver lacing.
By the pair or lot. No hens separately.
I have about 50 of them and need to move them. Make me a deal.
2-5 months old, come from great layers (obviously! lol) They are great free rangers.
Located in Lady...
Hi guys! these are my top tips [rules] in maintaining flock harmony and health. PS: these methods may not work in a high predator area or you may be buying a new flock pretty soon!
1; ALWAYS, ALWAYS make sure your girls have enough to eat, enough to drink and are given a balanced diet of greens...