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Posted on December 29, 2016January 30, 2021 by Gail Damerow — 4 Comments

The Best Mating Ratios for Poultry: How Many Hens per Rooster?

The Best Mating Ratios for Poultry: How Many Hens per Rooster?

…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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Categories: Chicken Care, Turkeys
Tags: Chickens, Mating Ratios, Poultry Breeding, Turkeys
Posted on January 21, 2021January 27, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Care and Feeding of Longtail Roosters

Caring for Longtail Roosters

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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Categories: Chicken Care, Roosters
Tags: Caring for Roosters, Feeding Longtail Roosters, Longtail Chickens, Longtail Roosters, Onagadori
Posted on July 11, 2019 by Gail Damerow — 1 Comment

How to Trim a Rooster’s Spurs — and How Not To

Rooster Spur

…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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Category: Chicken Care
Tags: Reciprocating Saws, Roosters, Spur Trimming
Posted on December 5, 2016 by Cackle Hatchery — Leave a comment

Rogue Rooster Evades Capture in Pittsburgh

Rogue Rooster Evades Capture in Pittsburgh

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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Category: Chickens in the News
Tags: Chicken Rescue, Pittsburgh, Roosters
Posted on June 15, 2017June 30, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Why Does a Rooster Have a Comb?

Why Does a Rooster Have a Comb?

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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Category: Chicken Facts
Tags: Chicken Anatomy, Comb Styles, Roosters
Posted on April 15, 2021August 17, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Can Eggs Hatch Without a Rooster?

Pullet Egg

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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Categories: Eggs, Roosters
Tags: Egg Categories, Laying Eggs, Roosters

Mr. Ken Rooster and the Six Sassy Hens

Mr Ken Rooster and the Six Sassy Hens

…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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Posted on April 2, 2020June 30, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

12 Reasons for Low Fertility in Chickens and Other Poultry

Rosecomb Rooster

…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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Category: Raising Chickens
Tags: Chicken Fertility, Improving Fertility in Chickens, Low Fertility in Backyard Chickens, Poultry Fertility
Posted on March 25, 2016 by Gail Damerow — 8 Comments

4 Outstanding Dual-Purpose Sex Link Hybrid Chickens

4 Outstanding Dual-Purpose Sex Link Hybrid Chickens

…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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Categories: Backyard Flocks, Chicken Facts
Tags: Dual-Purpose Breeds, Hybrid breeds, Laying Hens, Meat Birds, Sex Link Chickens
Posted on August 1, 2019January 10, 2021 by Gail Damerow — 6 Comments

How to Breed Olive Egger Chickens: 6 Questions Answered

Olive Egger

…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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Category: Chicken Eggs
Tags: Breeding Chickens, Hybrid breeds, Olive Eggers

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