Thank you for your advice. After cleaning him up and applying a salve, we have segregated him in large dog crate in our run. It’s normally our brooder, but we just integrated our latest batch of chicks and keets with the main flock. So I’m thankful it’s available now for him! We will clean it...
We had a predator attack when we weren’t home yesterday. Our flock free ranges. When we got home, we noticed one of our roosters was missing a bunch of feathers, which prompted a headcount and we learned a hen was taken. We checked over our rooster and didn’t notice any injuries other than a...
These were sold has Brahma chicks from Tractor Supply. As the buff(?) colored have grown, their combs are not the breed standard pea comb and appear to be coming in as a single comb. Any idea what they are?
Phew! 😅 Ty! Well we either need to grow our coop to add more females to the mix or cull a few of the roos. I am so attached to them all! It makes me sad just thinking about it 🥺
Ah 🙃. We are swimming in cockerels 🤣! We got our first batch of chicks from incubating eggs from a friend. 4 of the 5 have turned out to be cockerels. She gave us an additional 5 chicks from sexed chicks she ordered, presumably pullets. 1 of those 5 is for sure a cockerel (combs and wattle...
Hello! New chick mom here. This sweet thing is around 7 weeks old. When it was two weeks old we assumed it was a pulley based off wing length and shape, as well as its tail feathers. Well today it crowed 🫣😆 two questions:
1. What breed am I? It came from a pullet rainbow run.
2. Am I a...