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flower said:
I am with you on this as my silly rooster (LEGBAR) crows night and day and hardly lets up except for the middle of the afternoon. He is only six months old. No neighbors complain but I do not like it one bit. He is going to freezer camp as soon as my chicks hatch out. I think some breeds are more vocal than others. They may slow down as they age but do not count on it. Both of those birds are male.
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Thanks for letting me know there are others that do this! I'm still searching for a method to quiet him down a bit other than camp freezer! I can't believe out of the 5 "pullets" I got from the feed store, TWO are roos!
 
kacklinkelly said:
Welcome to the thread. Your post had me laughing. You seem to be taking it all in stride.
I cannot help with determining the sex based on the photo provided. Sounds like you have
good neighbors too. Great job on being proactive to keep them that way. There are others
on this thread who also have roosters that they take special measures with to keep the neighbors
happy. I don't have any as they are not allowed where I live. The one I received went to freezer camp.
Enjoy your chicken journey.
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Thanks for chuckling with me on this! I'm having so much fun with the flock, but it's becoming more clear every day that the RIR is a Roo also. :( With the rate of his crowing, my neighbors are SAINTS! They keep telling me it's okay, they're getting used to it, to give it some time to see if he quiets down. I love my neighborhood and can't believe they're taking it as well as they are. If this guy goes to freezer camp, he'll fill it up as he's a big guy... Hope that doesn't have to happen! I'm loving my chicken journey so far, sounds like you are, too!
 
pipemum said:
 I'm bummed.  I've mentioned how I have a ton of little roos in my group of 9 chickens?  Well, just this week, my black copper marans, who I swore was a pullet, has developed red wattles and her comb has really grown.  She's...about 13 weeks, I think.  Another friggin cockerel, probably.  At this point, I don't care about fancy eggs or fancy chickens--I only want a couple of chickens that will actually lay eggs! 
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Awheee man that totally sucks!! I think one of my dearest friends want to get rid of her hen that is from our two silkies.. If interested PM me
& I will ask her..
 
LadyKotaDoria said:
i need some help by someone that knows about chicken anatomy. I lost my pure little Powder yesterday. Not sure of the time of death. At 14:00 I opened her, removing the Brest plat and skin to see organs in place. The liver was large but not exsisive, color washed out, I assume that this was do to being refrigerated. Intestines were, I am sure, functioning will. However, the heart was in a sack of water/fluid. When I have butchered wild game, I scooped in interals out. If there was a water sack around the heart, I have never seen one. In human the heart surrounded by water is not a good thing! Is this a sign of heat stroke? She had one small egg about 2 finger widths from vent fully formed. There was 1 egg yoke started. I stopped here. I did not believe I would learn anything from the eggs. I have no idea about the lungs, they were pink and wet. Possibly they had water in them, I did not expect them to be so moist.

Question, did she die of the heat, or was she sick and the heat finished her?
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Oh girl so sorry to hear that about powder.. Condolences from our family..
On anthother note.. I still have your storage container.. I do have a friend that lives closer to you.. I will ask her
& I am sure they would not mind dropping it off for us.. Let's talk soon.. Call me..
 
countrygirl74 said:
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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How did you decide which one to keep? I only have one crowing, the other one tries a little "half-crow" from time to time but has never belted out a full on cock-a-doodle-do! I'm worried if I get rid of the noisy one, the other will start to get noisy, or if I re-home the quiet one, the other won't slow down. What to do?!? ;)
 
I've processed quite a few chickens, and I'd be glad to get together with people and do it. It isn't that hard to do, in terms of the actual process, emotionally it can be kind of difficult-I still have trouble processing my own birds.
 
countrygirl74 said:
One is here!!!!

I let my silkie Cloud sit on 4 of her own eggs. At the time, the only roo available was the blue silkie as our cochin started mounting the girls after she started sitting. So, these are pure silkies, though they are only hatchery quality.

I candled a while back and one ended up being a dud - not even fertilized. The other 3 were developing. Well, one hatched yesterday!! The cool thing is that I went out to check on her, lifted her up and actually saw the first pip happen in those few seconds! I left them alone for a while, then snuck a peek later and then again today. Was a little worried about the other two but I gently held one of the eggs to my ear and could hear movement and peeping inside! Yay! She (Cloud) is such a sweetie - never pecked me once during her whole broody time or even when I wanted to see her new baby. Here's some photos....


1st pip


Hatched!




All fluffed up...


Discovered the chick starter left in there for mom...




Hopefully tomorrow I'll have 2 more babies to show!!
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Congratulations Countrygirl!!! Adorable silkies, what an exciting experience. Thanks for sharing the pics!
 

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