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[chickiebaby1]

I dot have experience with australorps, but you will have to wait and see how there temperaments turn out. But you will probably have to get rid of at least one. With a ratio of 1 rooster to 4 hens, they will probably get over mated

I just found out that I have two Australorp roosters, about 7 weeks old. They were supposed to be pullets....you know how it goes. I'm going to let them free range eventually, but not if they're aggressive toward my kids. My kids are outside constantly.
Anyone think I'll have a problem? I have 8 pullets and now 2 roos. Funny story about the baby ducks.

I have an australorp rooster that is about 17-18 weeks old and he is the sweetest of all my roos. He will come right up to me and want to be picked up. He is very docile towards me and my family. I just love him. If I could only have 1 rooster he would be the one I would keep. he even comes pecking at the back door sometimes.

 

[chickiebaby1]

Just a quick question about roosters. At about what age should they start showing aggression. I have several roosters ( most have just started crowing) that are not mean at all. They all live in the same area (we are building separate pens now) and there is not much fighting, more like pecking order stuff. My family and I are in the yard with all of them all of the time and they have not been aggressive to us at all. We have a RIR roo, SLW roo, 2 Australorp roos, 2 Wellsummer roos and an EE roo. Most I have raised from day old chicks. We also have a white leghorn roo and a French copper maran roo that are in the same coop and run together with hardly any fighting . Did I just get lucky or is there a chance their behavior will change. I love all my guys. I don't actually pick them up and stuff, but I do talk to them and interact with all of them on a daily basis. They all come right up to me, my roos are actually a lot friendlier than some of the girls. They are also really good to our dog (who I think is starting to think she's a chicken) none of them attack her or anything and most of the roos are a lot bigger than her. It is so funny sometimes I will catch her eating out of the feed dish with all the chickens.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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In other news I am dealing with a very broody Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. My first broody. She is VERY determined and I will be putting her in a broody breaker tomorrow. I am not letting her hatch eggs with all the uncertainty over Gregor's demise. Plus she is the most hostile with any new birds, I'm not sure I trust her to be a good mother (especially since she keeps kicking REAL eggs out of her nest to favor the plastic eggs.......not inspiring much confidence....). Also kind of funny, she managed to pick up and move one of her plastic eggs to a new nest (probably trying to see if I will leave her alone in a new nest since I keep kicking her out of her chosen location). I had no idea they could do that! Wonder where she put it while in transit?

I know every hen is different but my BLRW Rosie is one of my best 2 broodies. I had 4 go broody so far. The three sumatras and Rosie. Rosie would puff and be angry at the world. I liked her she acted like many a pregnant lady I have met. But if your hen is rejecting real eggs I'm not sure what you can do other than break her broody spirit.

Quote: I'll add my 2 cents in. Don't sell the homemade cabinet. you put a lot of work into it. Keep it for a hatcher. Buy the sportsman digital cabinet for the first 18 days.
I also really really like my digital sportsman cabinet. But it is fueling a desire for a hatcher. It that were to happen I would have to invest in a more space conservative way to brood the chicks. Then I would have to find a way to pick the chicks to sell early on too or build more coops. A clear indication of Chicken math hitting hard.

On a different note, does anyone know of a person selling goats milk from nubian goats on the south side?

 

[Minminme]

Can anyone tell me if this is a roo or pullet. I'm thinking roo, but I have no experience with polish.It is about 6-7 weeks old. Thanks so much.

Female/Pullet-hen

Male/Cockerel-Rooster

 

[amwchickin]

Wow. Caught up on almost 500 posts! Life has been too busy with work, chickens, dogs, and pregnant sister and SIL. I am hoping to make it to Chicken fest. I want to buy chickens if people bring them. Someone at work actually thought it was weird that I hadn't bought any new chickens in awhile.

I got my first egg from this new flock on Father's Day! One of the EEs laid a pretty little green egg. I gave it to my DF and he said he wasn't sharing!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I know every hen is different but my BLRW Rosie is one of my best 2 broodies. I had 4 go broody so far. The three sumatras and Rosie. Rosie would puff and be angry at the world. I liked her she acted like many a pregnant lady I have met. But if your hen is rejecting real eggs I'm not sure what you can do other than break her broody spirit.

I'll add my 2 cents in. Don't sell the homemade cabinet. you put a lot of work into it. Keep it for a hatcher. Buy the sportsman digital cabinet for the first 18 days.
I also really really like my digital sportsman cabinet. But it is fueling a desire for a hatcher. It that were to happen I would have to invest in a more space conservative way to brood the chicks. Then I would have to find a way to pick the chicks to sell early on too or build more coops. A clear indication of Chicken math hitting hard.

On a different note, does anyone know of a person selling goats milk from nubian goats on the south side?

I don't remember where they were at, but someone posted they had nubian goat milk for sale on "Out in the Barn" on facebook. I would check there.

 

[amwchickin]

Also, we have been trapping pests like crazy. So far this month we caught 3 opossum, 2 raccoons, and this morning a skunk!

The boys are standing until my DF knows what to do with it.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

My blue cochin went broody. My first broody of the year and the first one I have had in awhile. Tomorrow I am going to move her to a "new" location and give her some fertile eggs. The eggs she is sitting on now are eggs that other hens in her pen have layed, and there isn't a rooster in there.

 

[lilmizscareall]

tshirt design thread
I am already collecting votes!
So if you would like to send me your vote, please hop on over and take a gander at the submitted designs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/900519/indiana-byc-t-shirt-thread/30#post_13732009

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

tshirt design thread
I am already collecting votes!
So if you would like to send me your vote, please hop on over and take a gander at the submitted designs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/900519/indiana-byc-t-shirt-thread/30#post_13732009

Can we vote for more than one? I can't decide!