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Found a racoon sitting in one of my nestboxes in the coop this morning. Luckily, all of my birds are fine. I chased him out and he went up a tree, my questions is do I have to worry that a racoon was laying in the coop? I'm obviously going to throw away the eggs that he sat on but is there...

Nope. Just one.

I wasn't sure where to put this, but my one year-old Dominique rooster has a really bad tail. He had a good tail up until 10 months old and then it started to fall apart. It's more like a half tail he does not have the large circle feather that is characteristic of a rooster. He has been this...

Hey! I had two roosters, a dominique and a dark brahma bantam in with 8 hens. I lost the brahma to a fox a couple of months ago after he and the dominique just turned a year old. Now that he's gone, I've noticed that my dominiques spurs have grown much larger in a short period of time. Is this...

Interesting note on challenging inanimate objects. When they're experiencing their "puberty" they have different ways of expressing themselves. I told you that mine kept pecking all the hens away from food and during dust-bathing. Your guy likes to charge, but probably won't translate to...

You're exactly where I was at 8 months ago with my dom rooster, and Alaskan and everyone on here did such a good job with giving me advice. My guy was food aggressive from 3-6 months old. Right around 7.5 months he turned into the biggest gentleman and still is to this day. I'm surprised that...

Hi, I've noticed that my 1 yr old Dominique rooster has been missing his big sickle feather on his tail for the past 4 months or so. Why is that? Will it grow back? He just turned one and hasn't molted yet. Thanks.

How much longer until they reach that extra large size?

My red sex links just started laying the other day. They are in with a flock of dominiques and the dom eggs are much bigger (see pic below). I was told that red stars lay extra large brown eggs. Is this because they just started laying? Will the eggs get bigger?

What breed is that? He's pretty.

He's a dominique.

My guy is 11 months old and has a decent crow although it is pretty high-pitched. Does it get deeper as he gets older and/or does it change at all?

Gosh, chickens are freakin' awesome!

They are all 3 months old, when will they start laying? Also, I have a dominique rooster. In the event that breeding takes place, what would the offspring look like? Do you or anyone else know what this cross looks like?

Now what does red sex link mean? Aren't there many subdivisions of these cross breeds such as red star, golden comet, amber whites etc? Do you think they are one of the above mentioned?

Hey all! I picked up these three pretty ladies today. The owner told me that she got them at tractor supply and that it said they were "reds." She asked if they were RIR's or something else, the employee was unable to answer because he/she did not know. Anyway, here are some pics, please let me...

What's wrong with this hen's eye?

What's wrong with her eye?

Is there a SOP for crowing? In other words, how should a dominique roosters crow sound like? My guy has a pretty nice crow but his voice is kind of high-pitched. Thoughts?

None of mine sleep in the nest boxes. Let's assume that my new hens won't either, do you think 4 boxes will be enough for 9 hens for laying purposes?