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Will laying mash harm baby chicks?
There has to be a rooster around to get any chicks out of the eggs.
What do hens hatch?
rooster and chicks it depends on how big the egg
Do you have to take the rooster away from the hen before the babys are born?
No, he will not hurt his chicks in any way and will defend them like my rooster does.
Can you leave the rooster in the pen with mother and babies?
Usually the rooster will ignore the chicks unless he is a particularly aggressive male. The mother hen will guard the chicks but cannot keep them safe all the time. If you have space to separate them do so. If the birds are free range then you will have more problems from aggressive hens than from the rooster.
What breed of chicken wherein the rooster takes part in brooding and rearing of chicks?
A rooster will never brood the eggs, but he will defend his chicks. Although my rooster one time did brood when we first got him he stopped the next day, he only did it because the hen was already sitting on the eggs.
Do you need a rooster when you keep chickens?
Only if you want to hatch chicks. Then, no you don't have to.
What are hens called when they are born?
they are called pullets and rooster chicks are called cockerels
With Rhode Island Red hens do you need a Rhode Island Red rooster to produce RIR chicks or will any kind of rooster do?
yes and no. i you want to produce pure bred RIR you must get a RIR Rooster. If you don't care if they are purebred you can get any breed of rooster. ..prinsesrau answer.... hens can have part rir chicks if there rir or if the rooster is. yes it depends if u weant pure rir if that is the case hen and rooster need to be rir
What are the dominant in a black rooster and a gray hen?
basically you have a fifty fifty chance of getting a black chick or a grey chick although I find my chicks tend to take after their mothers
Chicks live in a group called this?
A group of chicks are called clutch or chattering.
What if your chicken is color brown and your rooster is color white what could be the color of the chicks?
yellow
Should the rooster be separated from the eggs once they hatch?
If you mean , should a rooster be allowed to be in same quarters as chicks, absolutely not. They will peck at chicks and not allow them to eat. The same goes for any hen that is not their mom. They are very mean to all younger birds.
