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    Is overall health tied to breed?

    I went through the opposite situation. My Barred Rocks stopped laying eggs at 2 years old due to an IBV outbreak. Both Golden Comets had reproductive complications, but the Barred didn't give a f*** about IBV. They just stopped laying eggs. Having seen the Golden Comets struggle with eggs, I...
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    Is overall health tied to breed?

    Kind of obvious, but my town's avian vet says that breeds with high egg production have poorer health because they are more prone to reproductive issues. I had two Golden Comets and both of them had prolapses; one of them died from internal laying + salpingitis, after getting surgery from her...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today I'm working on teaching Benjamin to go back to his coop and not try to spend the night on the ladder 😅
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Thank you everyone for your opinions and experiences. We've pretty much decided to wait and see how things go. So far, he looks really comfortable with his human flock! Especially with my partner, who "didn't want to keep him" 🤣 We have a routine for him and he seems to be adapting to it...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Thank you, we're actually thinking about this. We can't have the number of hens that we think this guy needs, but if they're big hens who can protect themselves from overbreeding, it might work. Let's just hope tables won't turn and the hens end up bullying him for being small 🤣 I don't think...
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    Sudden death in chickens

    I'm very sorry, this is the nightmare of all chicken keepers. As far as I know, Corid is for coccidiosis, but this looks like a virus or bacteria of some sort. It also kind of looks like what killed my Eris last year, in her case she got GI stasis before dying, please check if your living...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    What about the noise, though? When I had two roosters, they used to crow one after another, sometimes in loop. My neighbors loved me :lol:
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Oh, I hadn't thought about this! I had two roosters in the past and they mostly got along, but I raised them both as chicks, together. And there was some blood once in a while, because the non-dominant roo challenged the other, and well, he reminded him who was in charge... They never fought...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Guess I will have to make him a true diaper, then! I'm kind of confused because I knew house chickens existed, but I always wanted to keep mine outside because "that's their nature". But this one just refuses to give me space 😅 he even pecks at me when I'm not paying attention to him!
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    How do I know if having him as a pet is actually working? I mean, he looks quite happy now, he dust bathes, he forages... but at the same time, he's too clingy. He crows until I let him out of the coop/run and then he doesn't want to go back there to sleep. He wants to stay with us...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    Thank you for your answer. After being rescued, he was actually in a shelter for a very short time because he over-mated the hens. The people from this shelter offered this rooster to me because he was hurting the hens (some of whom where already hurt or disabled). I'm honestly not surprised...
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    Behaviors of a rescued rooster

    I'm temporarily taking care of a rescued rooster who's been through some sh*t. He has some scars, a missing wattle, a red butt... And his rescuers told me that he was kept in a small cage most of the time. Anyway, I brought him home two weeks ago and, at first, he crowed all day long, but once...
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    Super red skin on chicken's butt

    Hi, some rescuers gave me this rooster a week ago. Today I noticed his butt is super red, as you can see in the picture. I saw some redness in his belly, too. I immediately thought about external parasites but I don't see them in his body and I don't think I have red mites in the coop...
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    What breed is this rooster?

    Well, these are his spurs, what do you think?
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    What breed is this rooster?

    I guess he's a mixed breed. It makes sense as he does not come from a reputable hatchery or something like that. He actually comes from a very chaotic place. Thank you, guys! Well, now I guess there's no way to know his age, is it?
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