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Please move this if it is the wrong part of the forum. Does anyone know if ants are of nutritional value to a chicken? I ask, because where I live is infested beyond belief and my chickens pretty much do open cast mining when they find a nest. They sometimes dig a foot into the ground and leave...

Been getting on great with my cockerel and don't want to mess it up. Today, while I was sitting on the patio, throwing out some scratch, two of the pullets came right up to me and almost insisted on eating out of my hand. He never fussed one bit at the time, just kept gobbling up what was on the...

My cockerel is in around his seventh month. Behaves much as a healthy young boy should, healthy appetite and full of spit and vinegar. I noticed a bit of discoloration at the back of his comb, on the left side, about two weeks ago. Yesterday, I noticed the same on the right side. Not sure if...

So, my seven month old pullet, started laying on the fourth of July. We are in the middle of winter, which if I am not mistaken, is a time when chooks slow down or stop laying. She averaged five a week for the first two weeks and she is picking up the pace. We are heading for one a day. Now her...

I was wondering if anyone else has this sort of thing going on. I have a cockerel and three pullets, one of which has started laying. Whenever it is time for the pullet to lay an egg, he goes with her into the coop and stands like a guard at the ramp door, while she lays her egg. I have...

I have barred rock pullets. One of them laid her first egg on 4th July and I got the eighth egg this morning. (8 eggs in 10 days). All but the fifth egg were perfect inside, with number five having a spot of blood inside, hopefully not caused by my idiot cockerels constant attempts to make...

I got this today, is it a sign of my hen being ill?

I have a cockerel who was born in December. Had our moments over time, mostly due to him being a typical teenager. Nothing wildly problematic. Now my pullets are getting all grown up, one of them laid her first egg yesterday. :wee:celebrate In the last week, he seems to be getting a bit...

And now I have my flock, carefully edging around, trying to avoid the terrifying yellow thing. Are my chickens nuts or dumb?:idunno

I have noticed something new in the flock. Whenever they are huddled somewhere and the cockerel crows, it is followed immediately, by one of the hens making a low "woohoo" type sound. Any idea what that is about?

(Note, location Argentina.) I have three Plymouth rock pullets, who apparently were hatched in the first week of December. Thus making them close to five and a half months old. Where I live has moderate winters by the standards of you folks up north, but it is still coming into winter, so I...

So, when I went to look over the coop and prepare for the days cleaning etc, I noticed this. (Red and yellow thing). I have A cockerel and two pullets who use that roost. The pullets are about five and a half months old, of Plymouth Rock breed. I am certain it was a pullet roosting at that...

I have three Plymouth rock pullets, four month old as at the beginning of this month. I introduced a two month old cockerel at the beginning of the month, as a replacement for a pullet who was killed by my neighbors cat. So far, not doing great. My question is, at what age will he man up and...

She was from a separate brood. Bigger than the other three and dominant. The others followed her around. Was turning out really nice. Neighbors cat got her this morning while I was inside. Still feel very sad.

Age 2 to 3 months according to seller.

Age: Approximately 4 months. Lineage: Dad was a Plymouth Rock, Mom seems to be a RIR or very close.

I have four pullets. I purchased them a month ago at three months old. Due to my Spanish not being great, I mistakenly believed they were all mutts, but was later informed that three of them are pure Plymouth Rock, while the fourth one is a Plymouth Rock mixed. Same Dad, different Mom's. I...

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That is it. I have four three month old hens and they eat less than a cup of food per day. They have a big space that they are free to range on and it is part forest, part jungle, with some open lawn areas. Are they capable of eating their fill in a full day of foraging?

Trying to establish the parentage of my mutts. Dad was a Plymouth rock. and these are the offspring. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/finally-got-them.1568401/#post-26624415