This summer, we ordered four chicks and received an additional surprise cockerel. Our new pullets and cockerel are now seven months old and integrated with our existing flock of one-year-old Black Australorps.
One of our more dominant hens never warmed up to our cockerel. She adamantly refuses...
I have an Americana Rooster that’s over a year old and he’s attacking one hen. Whenever he sees her he makes a big noise and charges her. She’s very stressed and goes to a nesting box to get away from him. What can I do to stop this behavior. He’s going to kill her I’m afraid.
Hello everyone! :frow I have2 chickens and 1 rooster. I’m not sure what type they are but I do know all 3 are different. My little tiny what I believe is a fancy smaller breed has 3 new little chicks and they’re adorable. We have a VERY unruly rooster named Rick and he’s a real prick. He attacks...
I’m a first time chicken owner with a flock of 2 roosters (1 year and 14 weeks) and 4 hens (1 year, 18/19 weeks and 14 weeks) They aren’t my birds but they’re being lent to us from one of my parents amazing (and chicken obsessed) friends and we’ll be giving them back in the fall. Our one year...