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  1. Yardmom

    Frostbite Rooster

    Good luck with the rooster integration. Even after see no touch expect the boys to interact in ways that will reestablish who is boss.
  2. Yardmom

    Sudden rooster aggression

    You will find all kinds of advice if you look up what to do with an aggressive roo. Your Cockerel is just reaching maturity and has just shown he is human aggressive. My advice would be to get rid of him immediately.
  3. Yardmom

    Introducing new chickens

    I will second the comment that Silkies and RIR are not a good fit. Your current Silkie roo and a barred rock are not the same. A roo is much bolder than a hen, and Barred Rock do not have the aggressive personality of RIR. It is not the size, but the typical disposition of the breeds.
  4. Yardmom

    Egg coloring question

    In creating an olive egger a dark brown layer And a blue egg layer are used. If the blue egg layer has 2 genes for blue eggs, the offspring will all lay olive type eggs due to the blue egg being dominant to not blue. If the blue egg laying parent only has one blue egg gene (like an f1 olive...
  5. Yardmom

    Turning Trash Hauls Into Feed

    NatJ had a informative post that hopefully gave you some great ideas. I feed commercial feed for simplicity, but I like to follow along with home grown food ideas. Many times "recipes" don't put enough animal protein in. If you can find meat and fat scraps and give a few directly to your...
  6. Yardmom

    Silkies - too high maintenance or worth it in southeastern PA climate

    We live in NW PA. We have Silkies. They live in an outdoor coop and free range daily. We do not do anything for climate control. Silkies are much hardier than they are given credit for. They are broody, and don't lay as frequently as some breeds. On the other hand our Silkies continue to...
  7. Yardmom

    Any ideas on this Rooster?

    There is a good chance he is what you were told. EE can be any color. Have any comb, they may or may not have a beard. EE should have a high probability of at least one blue egg gene. Not many backyard breeds have beards, but it is common in EE. The beard is a pretty good indicator that he...
  8. Yardmom

    Dominique Gamefowl Rooster to Barred Rock Hen

    If both birds are barred there would not be sex linking for barring. I'm not familiar with game Dominique it appears to be different than standard.
  9. Yardmom

    Raising chicks a month apart in age?

    Young chicks learn very quickly who will peck and who will play nice. They also learn escape routes like under the fence the bigs can't go under very fast. If the littles have a place that the bigs can't go they can be integrated when only a few days old. The other approach would be to...
  10. Yardmom

    A sign of broodiness and tips?

    If you are trying to break her of broodiness, she needs a crate where she can not lay like in a nest and she needs to stay in it for more than a day without breaks.
  11. Yardmom

    A sign of broodiness and tips?

    Are you asking if they are broody?Only if both hens are sitting day and night. Are you asking can two broodies sit together?On occasion 2 close "friend" broodies can sit, hatch, and raise chicks together. More often the hens will fight over eggs and shake them to much. If any hatch they...
  12. Yardmom

    Can my bird be saved? :(

    The comb could be Frost bite from a few weeks ago, but her hunched appearance indicates something else is wrong.
  13. Yardmom

    Skinny duck, barely walking (Eating & Drinking normal)

    Eating a lot and loosing wait can be a sign of parisite. How are the chickens doing overall? Does the duck live with the chickens all the time? Are the birds confined or free range?
  14. Yardmom

    Help with my Muscovy Duck eggs please

    This is an old thread, but to answer your question you need to candle the eggs. To candle the eggs find or make a dark place. Then use a bright light such as the flashlight on a cell phone and put it tight to the egg. If the duckling (or chick) is internally pipped you will see shadows in the...
  15. Yardmom

    Hen laying eggs at night.

    Since the shell is hard, probably nothing to worry about. Hopefully she will cycle back to daytime laying soon. Usually a hen can hold an egg until morning, but sometimes they just need to lay when they got to lay.
  16. Yardmom

    Hen laying eggs at night.

    How old is the hen laying on the roost? Are the shells of the eggs a normal hardness?
  17. Yardmom

    Baby chicks flying at others

    Do all the chicks have pea combs? Delaware should have single combs. Males do show an early size difference in Delaware
  18. Yardmom

    Bullying: is this normal!?

    The chicken that is struggling in your flock is not due to size, but do to personality and differences that chickens pick on. Trying to reset the pecking order will not help. Getting a roo will not likely help. Do you know what breed she is? You mentioned frizzled and docile. To give this...
  19. Yardmom

    Older hen seems 'off' but I'm lost on why...

    Thankfully I don't have any experience with bumble foot. Hopefully her feet will feel better soon.
  20. Yardmom

    Roo turned bully

    Are all your birds under a year old? Your Cockerels are maturing and want to be in charge of the girls. As the weather warms be on the lookout for other boys to want to fight for position. If you do not have space for roosters to runaway from each other be prepared to separate all the boys.
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