Recent content by Mrs. K

I prefer to hatch with a broody hen, never had one die. Mrs feathers is my oldest bird and has raised a lot of chicks for me. Set her last night, longest 21 days ever.

If the eggs don’t hatch, slip some chicks under het

Really stop pulling her off the nest and don’t leave food by her. Chickens know more than us, just let her do it. When they hatch, keep an eye out but do not interfere, she will leave the nest and create a new clean one on the floor. She will get them down too with no injury. They are just...

If I lose one during the day, it is mostly coyotes. Two years ago, a family nearly wiped me out.

I too have had them play at it for a couple of days before getting serious.

It never gets old

Peace in the flock will greatly increase your joy of keeping chickens. You can try: Keeping the bully separate for a week Putting pin less peepers on her, a lot of people swear by them Sell her or other ways of culling It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes you get a bird that just doesn’t fit...

Ask for the chemical brand name and call the company.

How many hens, how old and how big is the coop and run. Might be too crowded.

Really chickens do not form long lasting bonds. They quickly forget birds from their flock if separated. Hormones really mix relationships. Your enjoyment of the flock will greatly improve once you send him on his way.

Show a picture, but if they are not in the nest, I let the do what they want.

Mrs. Feathers drug the cockerel around the pen by his comb, looking a great deal like my 7th grade teacher Mrs. Ritchie taking a kid to the office. It does them good! He is the flock rooster and manages them all, now.

I have hatched under a broody in October, and actually it worked well. I nearly pulled the chicks when at 2 weeks of age, we hit a cold spell of -20 night time temperatures, but she raised them just fine. I did feed soaked grain, as I was worried about water freezing too fast. Mrs K

Very true. And they don't call it cock fighting for nothing. After a 3 month go with the ladies, he is not going to go back into the rooster flock easily. And a lot of rooster flocks don't work well over the long term. So as others have said, this might work, but in my experience, the more...

Ridgerunner has it right. And once they find a good place, they will be back to it. And they can do a lot of damage to new plants in less time than it takes to tell about it. While I think a dirt bath would be a good addition to your set up, it will not discourage them from going where they...