Arizona Chickens

[igorsMistress]

East Mesa

Hi Jammerz, sorry but she's at capacity right now until her chicks are sorted and some sold so she's in the same boat you are. She hatched chicks for her neighbor who then backed out.

 

[starri33]

Having your own rooster to hatch your egg's is much cheaper than buying hatching egg's all of the time. But every now and then, you have to get a different rooster in there from another bloodline so that all of your flock doesn't get too closely related to each other.

There are several people I know that sell eggs for 2 dollars a dozen and they have roo's, so those are hatching eggs in my eyes..lol.. Their Mutts. Another friend of mine has americana's and easter egger's, that he's asking a 1.00 per egg.

 

[starri33]

When I get back in June, I might look at buying a dozen of his easter egger's just to get different colored eggs.

 

[starri33]

Going to be posting this on the door to the run, If speed doesn't meet his maker before the trip. " long pants only ! ! Rooster is being stupid, is trying to attack. Drop kick his butt if he tries. Will be going to the great run in the sky if he keeps it up." detest doing it, but not going to put up with it.

 

[cactusrota]

Morning All. Does anyone know of a breed that the roosters are docile ? I had to cull a roo that had started attacking, then the roo that took his place got stupid yesterday, I was in the run, opened up the old coop to get something, felt a bump against the back of my leg, didn't think anything of it, figured it was a chicken trying to get in. Then went to the new coop and as I am standing there opening the door, out of the corner of my eye I see Speed Racer trying to spur me, I'll be setting up a culling station today.. I hate the thought, but I'm not going to tolerate it. everything I've read is once they start there's no stopping them. 2 more roo's like this and I'll start buying hatching eggs and then culling any roo's out of the bunch

For the most part it really depends on the line more than the breed. I've had aggressive NN roosters, Australorps, etc. The Jersey Giants and Brahmas weren't so bad. I have heard that Faverolles are so sweet they end up being the ones that get picked on. But really boils down to selective breeding for roosters that are not human aggressive. The breed has less to do with it than breeding.

 

[NanaOfZanitas]

Here's the one I thought was a roo, but the vent looks female, but maybe I just don't remember what to look for?

 

[BlueBaby]

For the most part it really depends on the line more than the breed. I've had aggressive NN roosters, Australorps, etc. The Jersey Giants and Brahmas weren't so bad. I have heard that Faverolles are so sweet they end up being the ones that get picked on. But really boils down to selective breeding for roosters that are not human aggressive. The breed has less to do with it than breeding.

I agree with you on that.


@starri33 If you breed a human aggressive rooster to your hen's and then hatch from that, it is very highly likely that the future son's of that rooster will also be human aggressive.

 

[Geranium]

My poor scalped Muscovy duckling is doing well today! I got her two chick friends to grow up with. A Delaware and a Plymouth Rock. Has anyone here raised those breeds before? The PR seems especially sweet.

 

[igorsMistress]

My poor scalped Muscovy duckling is doing well today! I got her two chick friends to grow up with. A Delaware and a Plymouth Rock. Has anyone here raised those breeds before? The PR seems especially sweet.

Awe, cute babies!

 

[cactusrota]

Here's the one I thought was a roo, but the vent looks female, but maybe I just don't remember what to look for?

How old? A pullet's comb and wattles don't get that big and red until about a week before she starts to lay eggs. So if this one is still very far from getting old enough to lay, then it's a cockerel.