Hello friends! First post but a LOOOOONG time lurker! Sorry for the post length; TL;DR at the bottom. I know the title sounds like a clickbait article, but this has been a bumpy road for us! I have a small backyard flock in the suburbs of a major metropolitan city. We don’t have any laws about...
Today I walked outside at 7.00 to my 3 month old barred rock rooster crowing for at least trying to crow my parents said they have heard it try to crow before but no attempt like this this was almost exactly like the classic rooster crow!! Does anybody know what is happening I thought roosters...
After losing a chicken to a predator, I've been considering getting a rooster for extra protection for my hens, and I'm curious if those no-crow rooster collars actually work or not. Roosters are technically legal where I live - but only if they are quiet. I was also wondering if there are any...
I have a 9 year old half leghorn rooster. He's my senior rooster, the oldest and most responsible with all my hens.
Unfortunately he recently developed what i think is bumble foot and its really bad so I've been doing this salt scrub I saw in an article. But it hasnt gotten better. In fact its...
I hatched out 3 chicks in my first incubation and 1 is a roo, he's a real sweetie though I'd hate to have to give him away
He is currently at the bottom of the pecking order and has been since the chicks were introduced to the laying hens, the dominant hen is very bossy she even started...