Posts by jc12551

Hi everyone!  Long time no see!    The four pullets that hatched in early September from my first successful broody bantam mom all went broody on the same day in a huge communal nest with about 30 eggs.  One...

It was a porcelain Belgian d'Uccle. 

The hen that abandoned her babies waited until they were in the sleeping tree (she has never taken them in the coop) and then got up in it with them.  I wonder if she had been watching them all along seeing if they are going to be...

I have another broody!  A BA laying on an assortment of eggs.  She is due to hatch about the time I am due with our third child.  She is one of the lowest hens in the pecking order (maybe the lowest) so I am surprised...

This isn't the best pic ever (taken with my phone), but this is my first ever broody (surprise hatch) with her two-week old chicks.  They are cuckoo maran x barred rock?? crosses.  The one on the far left is always off from...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fred's Hens  You get mix, blend, mutt, cross, etc.  Some chicks will favor one of the breeds more, while most will features aspects of both. But you will get a chicken!!...

Soooo....to kind of hijack the thread....   What happens when the roo is a CM and the hen is a BR?  That is the situation I have going on.

Quote: Originally Posted by Miss Lydia  I'm so glad they have made a truce. and you made me laugh out loud when you said I almost sweated to death watching them lead the chicks around, I was doing the same thing today...

Barred rocks have yellowish legs and cm's have white legs.    Barred rocks have a distinct striped pattern and cm's have a less distinct pattern, it is murky and darker, almost like white spots on a black...

This nice looking fellow was picked up from TSC in early March.  I have been trying to get a picture of him for weeks and this is the best I could do!  I know it is a terrible picture.  He has green sheen on his breast,...