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Agree, this forum has been a great support to help us newbies (1 year for me). Thanks for your update and sharing your experience. Clearly you gave much thought and energy into the best interest of your family’s flock. Recently we had to rehome the one rooster (out of 3) we initially decided...

Thank you for addressing each concern. Thought I’ve read that cutting some feathers can actually hurt the chicken or even cause bleeding. Providing better visibility of her surroundings seems more pleasant for her as well as safety issue. Appreciate your time 🙏🏻

...have a rooster so can’t give her fertilized eggs to sit on. Nor do we want additional chickens yet. Do we discard those nine eggs? It was 80* one of the days. Do we try to break her broodiness asap? Could she be collecting & bringing eggs to ‘her’ nest box? We saw other hens (standard...

Omgosh he sounds utterly adorable. How nice though that you don’t have to walk around your yard watching your back and carrying a stick just to show you’re armed. Had some excellent feedback back here, as of now, and do not plan to replace him. Still searching to rehome him.

Interesting that the CL link goes to W. Cov. Are you in that area?

I like his name!

Still in the ending process of breaking her broodiness. The last three days she has been spending more time outside the coop, with our help. I waited until 22 days after the last eggs we gave her to sit on. Then we removed them from the nesting box and removed her from the small separate coop...

Was just thinking, although I read your post the other day… This might be a silly question, but are full grown chickens/roosters shipped? I’ve kept my search very local, and I’ve had no luck finding anybody to take our rooster that won’t make him soup. Do you think I should offer him up on BYC...

Ah that’s so kind of you to say. We’re still looking for a suitable home for him. He’s still naughty. Gave me a firm peck when I was putting them to bed and laying out treats. There was a local poultry farm/breeder that took 2 other roosters of mine for a small fee. But I haven’t heard back...

Omgosh just read your story and found it inspiring. Bless you and your husband for taking Duke in and trying to save his life. Seems like you received some really great support here. I still feel newish here on BYC probably bc I learn so much every time I log on and so happy to be part of this...

Sorry, not sure I understand. Do you mean hatch the eggs I get for a week?

🤔 I need to learn more about this concept of gamefoul. Any articles are welcome but I’ll also research on my own. For a few months I tried really hard to work with my roo. But the last two weeks, he’s been increasingly more frequent with trying to establish dominance through a rough peck or...

Had a reply ready to go and got pulled away before sending. Just sent. It’s almost never the animal’s fault when something unfortunate happens. First time was on me / my stupidity. Other times were on gpa and the dad. It is the responsibility of the adult. Although the child honestly didn’t do...

Amazing that the coyote dropped your hen! It sounds like something I would have done. I yell at & chase away coyotes whenever they make themselves close enough to hear me. Chasing any creature that doesn’t want to be handled would not be tolerated by us. While sitting down the children are...

Your comprehensive and objective feedback Wowed me! Thank you for your time and effort, it’s truly appreciated.

I didn’t realize how far back cockfighting went! Thank you for the constructive feedback 😊

Absolute full disclosure will be provided! Thank you for the input.

It’s been almost a year since we became chicken parents. The chickens are viewed as pets in addition to egg layers. Reluctantly we’ve decided our 11 month old black copper maran should be rehomed. He attacks 4yo grandson, hubby and I, our Australian Shepard and most recently one of our three...

Oh and Thank you for reading my long post 😉

Thank you 😊 🐓