Silkie thread!

[B J Hopkins]

Question. I just bathed my most favorite young cockrell & discovered he's recently developed a cross beak. I'd planned on using him for breedin come spring time. If I did, woule ALL the chicks inherite this bad feature?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Question. I just bathed my most favorite young cockrell & discovered he's recently developed a cross beak. I'd planned on using him for breedin come spring time. If I did, woule ALL the chicks inherite this bad feature?

Not necessarily but it's not worth the gamble. Cross beak can become life threatening and you will have a ' special needs chicken.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/03/scissor-beak-aka-crossed-beak-what-it.html

 

[Half Moon Ranch]

Once they become sexually active they need to establish who will be ' top roo ' . Sometimes after a little ' argy bargy things will return to normal and the coop will be harmonious again. But be vigilant if it gets too rough separate them and consider re homing one of them. I have 2 Roos living happily with 5 hens.

I have had this happen with 3 roos which I keep together in one open run because they're too ornery to keep with the rest.
They go at it a little first thing in the AM and then settle down, behaving the rest of the day.
One even goes after me when I toss him in the run. He'll double back, drop a wing and bounce off my boot. lol
I was just telling someone that it's like watching the Three Stooges and oddly enough one of them we named Moe as a chick.
I wish I could have re-homes them, but so far, no such luck.

 

[The Hustons]

Any guesses on gender 12 weeks old !

 

[gidget106]

Any guesses on gender 12 weeks old !

I am a total newbie, but I am gonna guess pullet.

 

[The Hustons]

I am a total newbie, but I am gonna guess pullet.

I've been leaning that way myself... Because ALL my boys have displayed roo behavior long before now & this one never has..but curious about other opinions lol!! The guessing is fun I think!!

 

[TiaRC]

Any guesses on gender 12 weeks old !

I vote pullet

 

[katatonic123]

Boys settled down a bit and were roosting together at bed time.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Boys settled down a bit and were roosting together at bed time.

They might be best buddies yet!

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Got this hen off Craigslist today. Her owner had fallen on hard times.