…eggs for hatching, or your zoning ordinance does not allow roosters, your hens will get along just fine with no roosters at all. And that’s today’s news from the Cackle…
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Longtail chickens require specialized treatment to maintain the beauty of their lavish tail feathers. Here are 7 ways the care and feeding of longtail roosters differs from that of other…
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…are more common in roosters, although some hens also grow long spurs. Overly-long spurs may affect a chicken’s ability to walk and to breed and are dangerous to other…
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Roosters are strictly forbidden by Pittsburgh’s city code, but that hasn’t stopped one rooster from taking up residence in the Steel City. Now known as Rudy, the rooster began squatting…
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One of the most outstanding features of a rooster is his comb — that fleshy crownlike protrusion on top of a chicken’s head. So why do roosters have such ornate…
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Most chicken keepers know that a hen will lay eggs whether or not a rooster is present. But a rooster is needed in order to get fertile eggs that will…
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…world, these sweet chickens learn to support each other and forge the bonds of true friendship. Paperback 39 pages of adventures with Mr Ken Rooster and the Six Sassy Hens…
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…The ideal female-to-male ratio is influenced not only by the rooster’s breed, but also by physical condition, health, and age. Barely mature roosters and aging roosters do better with about…
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…to be dual-purpose chickens. Black Sex Link The Black Sex Link is the result of a cross between a Rhode Island Red rooster and a barred Plymouth Rock hen….
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…chickens? You can breed a brown-egg rooster to blue-egg hens, or a blue-egg rooster to brown-egg hens. Either cross will result in hens that lay olive green eggs. If your…
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