I recently took in a rooster from my sister-in-law and am wondering what breed he might be. She ordered mystery chicks from a hatchery website so isn’t sure either. He’s less than 6 months old and is HUGE! I’m also wondering if there is a rule of thumb for rooster-to-hen size problem I should be worried about. My other rooster (named Soup Pot because he’s vicious and is going bye bye on Friday) is half his size!

My partner sexed these all as hens, but not for a second have I thought these two with the black necks are hens. Thoughts? My gut says they are roosters, but I really need them to be hens! (Born around the end of March, neither are crowing but too young to lay eggs).

So my rooster has like 3 girls he prefers, venom, loki, and wanda, all mystic onyx. They are getting bald spots and their saddle area is beginning to show signs of damage.

He has SO MANY other girls. I have 9 mystic onyx hens, a sapphire gem, 3 buff brahmas, 2 easter eggers. Thats 14 to 1. And hes a SILKIE roo, hes half the size of a majority of them. The mystics are the eldest, being hatched near november and the rest hatched early spring this year.

Is there any things i can do to sway him? Do i just get him more girls? Put him in prison with the other girls or would that just do nothing? I do plan on getting him some actual silkie girls to breed with soon, but he seems to only really like those 3. He MIGHT get another girl if she passes him and sploots. He doesn’t even look at the girls that are not mystics even though they are laying age.

I couldn't resist when I saw the tiny yolk. I was expecting it to be yolkless. In retrospect, I wish I'd used a normal sized fork instead of a tiny fork for the last picture to better show the scale.

Sorry about the vertical pictures.

Please help me figure out how many of these adorable silkies are Roos? 🙏😂 12 weeks old-only the buff one “acts” like a rooster.
Although the bantam barred named Shirley is the top of the pecking order..🫣🥹 any thoughts/guesses? Either way-they all have a home here-just genuinely curious and want to know how to tell them apart. 🤣😅🐣🐓

It’s about 5 months old. It kicks the crap out of a definite rooster that is the same age and bigger.

Any idea what could be causing this hen to walk like this? I haven’t had a chance to go over and look at her more closely as she is at my parents. Any thoughts on what it could be and how I can help her (likely without a vet, sorry) would be appreciated!

Is there something wrong with my beautiful little lady Victoria Peckham or are her legs just molting??

So I just hatched a baby chick! My plan is to keep it with the hen as she does seem to be doing a good job so far. But the question is, can I keep everyone on an all-flock feed or do I need to get specific feed for the baby and have it separated? I already plan to get a small water dish for it.

We picked up 8 pullets a few months ago and 6 were obviously breeds we ordered however these two… I’m just not sure! They’re supposed to be a Blue Breasted Brown Leghorn and a Sapphire Olive Egger. Which is which? Or are they different breeds all together??? (Currently 16 weeks)

My chicken has this very sudden growth, it wasn’t there just a couple days ago. Does anyone know what this is/ how to treat it? If she needs to go to the vet then I will take her but if anyone knows of anything I can do at home to prevent putting her through the stress of going to the vets office please let me know ☺️

She seems awfully inflamed, and I’m wondering what I can do to help her.
(Sorry for the grainy picture, I wasn’t able to get really close to her)

I’m new to chickens and have tried doing my research but still can’t figure it out.

The first one is for sure a rooster he crows all day.

I have heard the second one sort of crows.

The third one hasn’t crowed.

There all about two and a half months old

Was buying some stuff on our local market and saw this baby chick. Vendor said I could take it home since it's left out of there and will most likely die if no one would take it. Please dump as much info as you can (food, water, bedding, etc)

Thanks

Edit: if it isn't obvious yet this is my first time personally taking care of a chick. We used to have a chicken farm in our province, but my grandparents were the ones to take care of them and they're gone now so I can't give this one to them.

My husband went to pick up our four hens, but he can’t remember the names! I know two are Rhode Island reds, it’s the white and black two I’m confused about.

From googling, i think one might be a white leghorn? But the other, I’m blanking! She’s black with orange & gold patches?

I hope this is the right place to ask

Hi! I have two chickens who hatched chicks at the same time. They were all good for a couple of days with their own chicks but after they started going out of the coop with their chicks they have started to fight every chance they get

I had to separate them due to the fighting. They fought through a fence for a couple of days.

Now they only fight if I let them in the same area.

They see each others everyday through a fence.

Now in a few weeks i will be giving their chicks to a new owner and try to make the chickens not fight so they can live on the same area again.

Any tips on how to make them stop fighting? Are they fighting over the chicks and will the situation go away after the chicks are gone?

I have a 1 year old hen, she always used to look healthy but today was different.

During the day, she didn't eat much, sometimes she just sat on the ground (which she never did before), and she looks upset.

At night, when I took her in my hands, I felt that her crop wasn't as full as usual, it was "soft".

She also breathes more through her mouth, and she makes weird sounds, as if breathing in a hoarse voice. She also makes sounds like when someone has the flu and their nose is blocked/"stuffy".

I can bring her to a vet but where I live, the vets can only treat cats and dogs. If you guys think this is a severe case and a vet is really needed, then I'll try to take her to somewhere.

Thank you in advance.

I have two roosters, an Ameraucana and a Buff Orpington, that I’ve had for about 1.5 years who recently started fighting. I’m pretty sure a reason behind the fighting is I don’t have enough hens with them. There’s currently 10 hens with them but I got 6 young hens that I need to introduce still. This past year is the first time I’ve had roosters and I’m learning as I go. They aren’t aggressive towards anyone or the hens and they don’t fight long but it seems like once they catch their breath and remember the other is there they go after each other again. I just need to know if adding the new hens would be enough or should I look into rehoming one of them.

This is Gayle the rooster. The thing follows me around outside like a small dog, and apparently keeps an eye on us even when we aren't outside. Gayle is a damn fine rooster.