Avoness
In the Brooder
Okay so my bloody Rhode Island Reds are giving us head aches... We know for sure that I have at least 1 Rooster, because the bugger started crowing last week... which means the chopping block for him. (For those who cant bare the idea of butchering a perfectly good rooster, I'll give explanation. We live within city limits, and unfortunately it is prohibited and up to a $1,000 fine to have roosters raised in city limits... Especially since they passed the ban on roosters here. If they don't crow then you don't have to get rid of them. But since one has started crowing it will become dinner.)
But as for my supposed hens, I have I think 3, Broody (behaves like mother hen with chicks, even when she was at 7 weeks), Betty (which I believe is actually a production red and was put in the wrong pen as a chick), and Leo (my son's favorite chicken).
This I believe is broody her comb fell over in the front which makes her quite distinguishable from the rest. she has very rounded tail feathers (right now she is missing a few top tail feathers because they either fell out or our mean ducks have pulled them out) and has started making cooing and clucking noises. She also loves to have her chest feathers ruffled and her waddles rubbed....I think she's quite sweet until she thinks a freckle or mole is a bug and bites you.
These two are Piggy and Leo, and I am pretty sure that leo is a hen but the top of the tail feathers have never seemed to grow in, but Piggy has the pointed tail feathers and has started to crow which means he wont be around much longer.
Piggy is left (he crows shortly after lunch each day between 1 and 3 pm which wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't a ban on them) , Leo right (she is also very fat, and has always been broader than the rest, her tail feathers also were the last thing on her to come in... she was very bald on the butt for about 10 weeks, looked funny as all get out).
This is Betty and we are certain that she is a hen and a production red since she is the same age as the others but has no comb or waddles still and her coloring is not the same as the other 4 Rhode Island Reds. She is lighter in red and is very distinguishable based on her differences from the others.
Last would be Buddy, and he is the Alpha "rooster". He hangs out with Broody most of the time and between the two they run the flock. His only up side is, he doesn't crow, and he is quite friendly, just don't let his beak near your finger tips, he's not gentle when it comes to prospective food!
So what I need is some expert confirmations that I have 3 hens and 2 roosters for sure so my husband doesn't accidently slaughter my hens based on his opinion of them. All of them are about 16 or 17 weeks approximately. We kinda forgot the date we purchased them and they were already a week old when we got them. We got them sometime between the 15 and 22 of March.
But as for my supposed hens, I have I think 3, Broody (behaves like mother hen with chicks, even when she was at 7 weeks), Betty (which I believe is actually a production red and was put in the wrong pen as a chick), and Leo (my son's favorite chicken).
This I believe is broody her comb fell over in the front which makes her quite distinguishable from the rest. she has very rounded tail feathers (right now she is missing a few top tail feathers because they either fell out or our mean ducks have pulled them out) and has started making cooing and clucking noises. She also loves to have her chest feathers ruffled and her waddles rubbed....I think she's quite sweet until she thinks a freckle or mole is a bug and bites you.
These two are Piggy and Leo, and I am pretty sure that leo is a hen but the top of the tail feathers have never seemed to grow in, but Piggy has the pointed tail feathers and has started to crow which means he wont be around much longer.
This is Betty and we are certain that she is a hen and a production red since she is the same age as the others but has no comb or waddles still and her coloring is not the same as the other 4 Rhode Island Reds. She is lighter in red and is very distinguishable based on her differences from the others.
So what I need is some expert confirmations that I have 3 hens and 2 roosters for sure so my husband doesn't accidently slaughter my hens based on his opinion of them. All of them are about 16 or 17 weeks approximately. We kinda forgot the date we purchased them and they were already a week old when we got them. We got them sometime between the 15 and 22 of March.
