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My chickens went dark red and they stayed red and still are dark red and are sitting

Is her comb and cheeks going really red that is a sure sign

Yes in a month ( hahaha ) I'm in pietermaritzburg kzn ! In the beginning they were bad mothers so took the eggs away and they kept laying until one day the first one chased me away and after that they started to sit

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Sorry auto correct hens wings grow faster than the cocks

When they are young the hens tend to grow wing feathers quicker than chicks. Something I've picked up in my chickens

Chick digger where in S.A. are you I have 4 zulu fowl and a rooster I get 16 eggs per chicken ! As population control I take a few away to eat which keeps my family of 5 in eggs . While the hatching success rate is about 10 to 12 per clutch ! So I try to keep it to about five eggs per hen to...

I have four hens and it looks as though two of the hens are laying in the same nest will they both look after them ? Or will one take over ?

So good chance it is a hen

Rooster get long feathers on the tail and saddle and hens get long feath

Rooster get long feathers on the tail and saddle and hens get long feathers on the neck

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silkie x chicks male or female? breed as we know it's a zulu fowlanother two sisters of same breed can you identify the brown chick I think it's female it was orphaned

I have 4 pekins myself one male and three females where are you

Yes I am I'm in pietermaritzburg!