If you don’t want to wait until chicks lay an egg or start to crow, use these clues to tell whether they are arooster vs hen. When they’re young, determining a chicken’s sex is never 100%, but their size, colors, feathers, and other traits can be good indications early on. On...
In our experience, we only have roosters for about a year or so before they try attacking a child, and at that point, the rooster is dinner. I haven’t had any hens live long enough to need to cull them, but a friend is going to be giving us some old hens for culling soon. My...
‘I have a 13-year-old and I want to leave them alone for a half an hour between when I have to go to work and when they have to go to school.’ It is very extreme the way the law is written right
Roosters Can't Crow Within 300 Feet of a Residence in Kenilworth, Illinois I'm not quite sure how officials inforce this law in Kenilworth, Illinois, but they must have a real problem with rogue crowing roosters and like to fine owners who can't control them. Bees Are Not Allowed to Fl...
Well, before you get too carried away, let me ask you this: do you know if it's actually legal to do such things in your car? Which of these scenarios is illegal and which is not? Just an FYI, in Illinois, indecent exposure is a serious offense that can result in harsh legal ...
Feather-linked sexingis based on how fast the wing and tail feathers mature in 1- to 2-day-old chicks. By the time the chicks are 3+ days old, the rate at which the roosters and hens mature become too similar and feather sexing will not be as accurate. ...
Though not as noisy as roosters, who actually crow at all hours of the day, hens aren’t always the silent type. “After they’ve laid their eggs, they will strut around and cackle,” explains but chicken expert and author Lisa Steele.“It’s thought they do this to lure predators awa...
The second year is 80% of production, the third year is 70% of production, and the fourth year is 60% of production. Hens will lay until they are about 5 to 8 years old.What do you do when your hen stops laying? Photo: R. Classen ...
Now that your blood pressure has BOILED, your brain is SCRAMBLED, and you're just a SHELL of your former self, because you thought this would be OVER EASY (I CRACK myself up!), you realize that it can take 6 months or so before they are laying, and they are still growing. Just ...
George: I love [Missing Persons'] “Walking in L.A.“ and X's “Los Angeles“ but then, there's also this rich history of very old songs, almost propaganda songs, that were telling people, "L.A. is the place to be, come here!“ And now I feel like we're all, "Stay where ...