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  1. K

    Introducing chicken into Marek’s contaminated flock

    Can I introduce an adult silkie into a flock with past mareks contamination? I have a flock of 6 contaminated with mareks. We had one Silkie Roo who passed away from it About a year ago and that was all but it was definitely Mareks. The new adult silkie needs a home and I have been offered the...
  2. Randysflock119

    Barred Rock vs. Malines Rooster?

    Hi BYC family! I am looking to replace my rooster (my sweet Randy was lost to a raccoon about 2 weeks ago) I live in an area with HEAVY predator pressure - main offenders are owls, hawks, foxes, raccoons, and coyotes. Since Randy died, I’ve already had 3 hens get eaten by a Fox 😣 So I’m looking...
  3. C

    What is Egg whitish mucus on ledge or coop ramp?

    I’m about to have laying chickens and none have layed yet this morning I went outside and one of my EE is very vocal and going in and outside and I noticed a egg white mucus like substance on the coop ramp? Is this something like a disease or is she about to lay her first egg do chickens produce...
  4. T

    Agressive new rooster

    I adopted a lovely new rooster in need of a home from the humane society yesterday. He seems to be fitting in well and is friendly around me. The only problem is that he keeps attacking my dominant roister to the point that he tries to run out of the barn whenever he gets the chance. I'm not...
  5. Tyson_chickens

    Trying to introduce a new young rooster

    Wow it has been awhile since I have had a chicken dilemma. 🤣 (to skip backstory, just skip the first 3 paragraphs) Okay so my first ever flock I ordered online from idealpoultry. I paid for 4 chickens and 2 ducks and in the same box the company sent like 5-6 free extra birds to fill out the box...
  6. enemyofmine

    Hens attacking each other

    hello I have a batch of 9 mixed isa browns and rhode island reds, both a little more than 2 years old and all girls. I’ve never had problems with them until yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, six of the nine all started to attack one hen, and i had to pull her out. When I did, she had a large cut...
  7. Chickadooo

    New 1.5 Year Old Rooster introduced to 10 hens.. Help

    I brought home a rooster yesterday and kept him in an XL dog crate within the coop area so he could meet the hens , let him out at night to roost. Woke up and helped all of the hens wake up- roo got down from his roost and right away my few most dominant hens tried to start a fight and one hen...
  8. buffymama

    Rooster singling out a hen?

    we got a new rooster last night and added him into our existing flock (13 hens). we made sure our girls were up in the coop asleep and then we set him in there in a cage with the cage door open. he basically stayed in there all night but sometime this morning he killed one of our buff orpy hens...
  9. Herne13

    new young rooster

    Our rooster recently went to the great beyond (RIP Gentleman Hank, you served us well) and we acquired a new, quite young (9 weeks old) rooster. He is 3/4 American Bresse and 1/4 Rhode Island Red. He is now a bit older than 12 weeks and we were wondering if it was time to let him hang out with...
  10. Lunadear

    Rooster dumped in the woods questions

    Hello all long post ahead and questions at the end! A few days ago someone dumped a rooster in the woods right next to the road. I was able to catch him after it got dark because he was roosting low in the trees after a cop stopped by and questioned/laughed me. (We have a lot of night predators...
  11. R

    New rooster???

    Hey, so recently my roo passed away:hitfrom what I figured was coccidiosis. And my three hens are all kinda scattered about not looking like much of a flock. The two normal size hens somewhat stick 2gether but they always seem to ditch my little bantam ( they don't really like her my roo was the...
  12. June Chick

    New Roo Attacked One Of My Hens - Will she be OK????

    I don't have a picture this moment, but around her eyes is all dried blood, her comb is slightly bloody, but not damaged. She had a perfectly fun time running away from me while trying to catch her, and if he injuries weren't clearly visible, I wouldn't have been able to tell she was hurt... My...
  13. runswithbuffalo

    Can I introduce a new rooster???

    Hello all! This winter I lost my favorite roo-roo, a Light Brahma, Braack O'Brahma.:(He was almost 6 years old. I have a flock of mixed breed hens with two 2 year old banty roos (hatched here), 8 banty hens and 12 hens (leghorns, easter eggers, andalusians, wyandotte, etc. The banty's all...
  14. Robyn67

    Hens combs going pale

    Our 4 hens combs are turning pale. A month ago we got a rooster for our 4 hens. Our girls are still laying everyday and no signs of odd behaviour or illness except that there combs are turning pale pink. The rooster still has a bright red comb. As a precaution, we have dusted them a few days...
  15. Muhammad Ahtisham Ali

    New Rooster Scared and not eating anything

    Hello everyone. I just signed up on this forum and found it useful so I thought I should post here. Well I bought a new rooster yesterday for my hens. The problem is that he is so scared and doesn't eats anything. The hens get aggressive when he passes by them. I know it will take him some time...
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  16. Kandy Chick

    Hens and new Rooster

    Just introduced Roo-Ben to 12 Hens (all about 4-5 months old)...first day I go out to throw bread crumbs, I notice the hens are scrambling around like crazed birds to get the food? Why the change in behavior? I mean I know the Rooster is a new dynamic but he wasn't doing anything but standing...
  17. mpmb1227

    Introduction of a cockerel

    Hi all, I acquired an 18 week old Cuckoo Maran cockerel yesterday. This is not my first go around with a new rooster in the flock. Now, I know MANY people frown upon this, but I introduced him almost immediately. I fully understand the risks of disease and other problems that come along with...
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