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...
Hannah was not to worried about dropping them, I love how most of the kids have their eyes on the chicks! Taliah with my favourite chick! I do believe Joshua is holding a future rooster! This one hatched first and was trying to put everyone else in their place right away! Not too sur...
Giving him away wasn’t an option: no one wants a four-year old rooster that attacks kids… And the thought of tossing the carcass in the trash seemed horribly wasteful to me. So even though I knew the meat would be tough, I was bound and determined to put it to use in *some* wa...
Some roosters can get a bit feisty as they work to protect their flock. Learn how to deal with an aggressive rooster to keep yourself safe & your hens happy!
It had been a few hours since Will had gone down there and reported her sitting in the nest. She hadn’t laid an egg all week, which led me to believe that our gal had just turned broody again. Is your chicken acting the same? Here’s what you can do about it. ...
Émile Camuset wasn’t just any French dude; he was the French dude who founded world-renowned sportswear label Le Coq Sportif – which, FYI, translates to “the athletic rooster” – and he had understandably had quite enough of sweating his way around the track in whatever cumbersome ...
When my little sister was a toddler, my little brother and I foolishly antagonized a flock of hens with a very protectiverooster. My poor little sister got the brunt of that attack. She nearly lost one of her eyes due to the rooster. ...
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For fertile hatching eggs, you should have one vigorous, active rooster for every 6 to 8 hens. Select freshly laid eggs that have not been washed or refrigerated, and store them at room temperature for up to a week until you have enough to put into the incubator (or place them ...
Of course, you’ll also need a rooster to get fertile eggs. Check your zoning regulations; some places allow hens but not roosters. Hens will lay perfectly well without one, but the eggs won’t ever develop or hatch. You’ll also need a broody hen. Broodiness—the instinct to sit on...