they don't typically grow so long that you would notice them, but both hens and roosters can have leg spurs, and I know a few Rhode Island Red hens who have them. they still give me between 6 and 7 eggs a week each, and I have a half Plymouth named Uno that I hatched from one a few weeks ago!
No. There’s a buying and selling form on here, but I posted about wanting to sell 3 ducks and a rooster ( Rhode Island Red), and nobody has offered to buy them. I was actually thinking about posting on Facebook Marketplace next.
not sure but if I had a guess.....
baby one looks like a Polish
baby two is probably a Maran
baby three is something crested, maybe a Legbar, or maybe some kind of mixed breed Polish.
too early to tell gender.
what do you look for in a chicken? Plymouth Barred Rocks are a good breed to start with.
in terms of coops, I would recommend making one out of pallets.
heh. I have autism, and the amount of times I need to stop myself from explaining to a random stranger why they should have Plymouth and Easter Egg over Rhode Island Red............. lol.
I just went out, saw one of my quail roosters biting another quail. The other quail is ok, but it’s head was bleeding. I think the problem rooster is another suspect……. He is locked up on his own now. I believe it was a territorial fight, but he is the only aggressive one I’ve seen so far. The...