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Gallo del Cielo said:
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Yeah, inquiring minds want to know!
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I'm sure it's variable, but to what extent does your most skilled roo participate? E.g., does he help regulate the temperature of young chicks by letting them get under him and in his feathers? What other things does he do? I find this totally fascinating.
Silkies and silkie crosses, and yes, they will sleep under them at night or when they get cold. It is really cute to see a chick peeping out from under a roo's wing. I've never had them sit on eggs, though. But they find food and call the chicks to it, just like they do with hens or hens do with chicks. Right now I have one hen and two roos in with some half grown chicks.
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Well, I had to chuckle to myself this morning. On March 12 (four months ago today) I bought five day old RIR chicks, one week later (March 19) I bought six more chicks including a male White Leghorn, and then a week later (March 26) I bought four more chicks. The five female chicks from the 19th were Samorn Faverliers, this was partially to make up for the devastating loss we suffered last year from my sister's dog getting in the yard and killing ten chickens all in one day. The wait has been well worth while, they have all grown to be beautiful girls, and seem to want to stay away from the eight survivors that we started out with from a year ago March when I started my "Chicken Journey."

Well, I guess that little guy is finally all grown up.

I was 'gifted' a beautiful male chicken several months ago, and he has been a great asset to the original flock, he was quarantined for thirty days to insure that he wouldn't bring anything bad into the flock, and the girls accepted him immediately on his release, and he really hasn't had much to do with the 'younger' flock, but as he was just standing there looking over his domain, the younger male walked up to and mounted one of the younger RIRs and the older male didn't interfere at all. He was less than ten feet away, watching the whole thing, and I started chuckling.

Like I have said so many times, Chicken TV is better than TV.

I have to really feel sorry for all the folks that worry about neighbors complaining about rooster crows. We are very rural here, and only one neighbor has mentioned the rooster calls, and he likes the sound, it reminds him of his youth and "better" days. And I hardly hear the younger rooster at all, though I HAVE heard him a time or two.

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SLacoss said:
Greetings!

I am new to this forum and am enjoying reading all the postings. I recently built a coop and run and filled it with 7 one year old chickens. They seem to be handling the heat quite well with a mister and small kiddie pool filled by the mister. I am currently getting an average of three eggs a day. some days more some days fewer with the bulk coming from my two americaunas.
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Good day & welcome to BYC...
 
WELL, I went to visit our chicken off spring yesterday.. Wow they are so beautiful !! I took photos of them..
I know ya think I'm all talk and no action regarding all the photos... Someday...really..
I had the chicken owner come by this morning Ben, to look at them to see what we have.. Especially one that looks like
one of the most beautiful ones they have.. So crud now I think we are going to keep those stinkers a bit longer..
 
HomeGrownChick said:


Hi everyone! This is my first go-around raising chickens, and these two were supposed to be pullets, but most definitely by his looks, behavior and constant crowing, the Barred Rock is a roo.... so Barbie is now Barnaby... I'm thinking Rhodie the RIR is also a roo, just not sure. They are 17 weeks old, anyone out there have Dark RIRs? Roo or Hen?

ALSO, is there any way to get him to stop crowing all the time??? Yikes, I'm not concerned about me, but worry about my neighbors getting tired of it. I live out in a rural area in Norther AZ but still have neighbors close by who love the chickens and say they can't hear him when they're inside their homes. I just don't want his constant crowing to become a nuisance. Is he just proud he found his voice? Will he slow down a bit as he ages?
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At one point recently we discovered we had 3 roos - they crowed incessantly, feeding off each other. I ended up re-homing two and the one that is left only crows a few times in the morning, maybe a random crow in the afternoon if he hears neighbors' voices, and maybe a crow or two in the evening. When I had all 3, they would crow so much we couldn't even talk to each other outside. You might find that if you just get rid of one, things will calm down quite a bit with the other.
 
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Originally Posted by Mama Hen Chris

Someone left this for me to find way in back of the nest box. It is the oddest egg I have gotten from my girls. It is very hard everywhere except at the end where the "stringy" stuff is.



I would be tempted to break that egg thing open and see what's inside!
 
Phottoman said:
Well, I had to chuckle to myself this morning. On March 12 (four months ago today) I bought five day old RIR chicks, one week later (March 19) I bought six more chicks including a male White Leghorn, and then a week later (March 26) I bought four more chicks. The five female chicks from the 19th were Samorn Faverliers, this was partially to make up for the devastating loss we suffered last year from my sister's dog getting in the yard and killing ten chickens all in one day. The wait has been well worth while, they have all grown to be beautiful girls, and seem to want to stay away from the eight survivors that we started out with from a year ago March when I started my "Chicken Journey." Well, I guess that little guy is finally all grown up. I was 'gifted' a beautiful male chicken several months ago, and he has been a great asset to the original flock, he was quarantined for thirty days to insure that he wouldn't bring anything bad into the flock, and the girls accepted him immediately on his release, and he really hasn't had much to do with the 'younger' flock, but as he was just standing there looking over his domain, the younger male walked up to and mounted one of the younger RIRs and the older male didn't interfere at all. He was less than ten feet away, watching the whole thing, and I started chuckling. Like I have said so many times, Chicken TV is better than TV. I have to really feel sorry for all the folks that worry about neighbors complaining about rooster crows. We are very rural here, and only one neighbor has mentioned the rooster calls, and he likes the sound, it reminds him of his youth and "better" days. And I hardly hear the younger rooster at all, though I HAVE heard him a time or two. Skip
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I can't wait until my cockerel starts crowing...I miss that sound from my youth as well. He is almost 13 weeks old and has been mounting my 6 mo hen. He isn't doing anything yet, just practicing his balance I guess, haha.
 

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