Not really, but never got around to introducing myself. Just why I began raising chickens, not totally sure, but it has been interesting to say the least. That old yarn about chickens being dumb, those people have obviously never raised chickens. Stupid they are not, limited, yes, but they'll...
I am not really interested in fertile eggs, so I have kept the boys in a separate pen. That said, one time I did have them mixed in, and egg production fell, a lot. Is this normal? Would egg production go back up if I had waited longer?
As for roosters versus humans, mine have always run from...
I have 3 Dominique, and I caught one of them in a nesting box with egg on her beak. She left that box, and went to one next to it. I saw the broken egg, and caught her before she could do anything in the other box. Generally, when they leave a box, they don't go to another one, unless looking to...
He is a Red Ranger, and I guess the other 3 roosters decided to gang up on him. He can't hold his head up. He can stand, and staggers around some. He seems intent on winning this effort. It appears that he can neither eat, nor drink. So, it is either put him out of all misery, oe help him...