Recent content by daniellewyrick32

I have a big Red Ranger Broiler rooster who's my husband's baby. This rooster knows both me and my husband and we raised him from a tiny little chick. This rooster let's us pet him and is protective of us. He even has two favorite hens. Those hens love being around us and one of the hens likes...

I don't know if anyone has encountered or witnessed this happen to their roosters, but tonight as my husband went to go to the bathroom, he heard our rooster crow. At first, he thought he was hearing things, and then I heard the crowing. So we rushed to the screen door leading to the backyard to...

I wasn't entirely sure which topic to post this under; I have a total of 15 chickens, and they're a variety of breeds. They all get along well. I have four roosters: one bantam, a whiting true blue (wtb), and two silver laced wyandottes. I have two coops that they go into each night. In one...

We have multiple pullets. Our Barred Rock and our Austra White are the main ones our rooster targets the most. Moreso the Barred Rock as she's bigger.

Our barred rock hen is only a few months old (possibly 3 or 4 months old). She has not laid any eggs at all. We have a rooster, that is roughly a month older than her. He is reaching sexual maturity and is attempting to mount our hen. Our hen, however, shows no interest and usually runs from him...

I'm a novice chicken owner with a small flock. One of our chickens, close to fully grown, had gotten out and flew into our neighbor's yard, and their dogs attacked him. The neighbor retrieved our chicken and when we examined him, 90% of his tail feathers were ripped out alongside a small bald...