Recent content by Chickeggdiction

I actually just came across your post as I was searching for reviews for CSP. I purchase the exact breed you mentioned from CSP, Olive Eggers, FBCM, Welsummers and OE. My OE and Welsummers are laying the tiniest of eggs I mean pullet sized for the past 2 months. No change in size at all. They...

In my group of 40 I had 9 Roosters, I began having stress issues among my hens and was able to rehome 8 of them. My older hens began laying like crazy a week after. In all honesty the one Rooster I kept was a Welsummer that is a complete gentleman so far but I had doubts about keeping him. I...

Back in March I purchased a strait run of FBCM from a reputable breeder. I had never had roosters before so I have no experience with behaviors. In the end my straight run had 9 roosters. I tried to give away some of them with no success. In the end I resigned myself to attempting to handle them...

I got them from Chicken Scratch Poultry in Illinois instead of from a hatchery.

As a result of getting a straight run from Chicken Scratch Poultry I have managed to get quite a few Cockerels from my last purchase. I am now trying to decide who to keep and who must go. My question for those of you raising Olive Eggers is should I keep Olive Egger Roos or the FBCM Roos? It's...

Pretty sure you have a cockerel and the second is a pullet.

I currently have several Olive Eggers and they are one of the most difficult to sex due to no wattles. My Avitar is my Oliver Egger Cockerel name Oliver(quite boring I know). For me the rows and redness of the combs was my biggest clue. In this pic he is 8 weeks old. I am still having a hard...

I am in Alabama and have temperature within the same range. We call our weather Bipolar since it can change from week to week. I can tell you that my Polish are not a breed I would recommend as they aren't great in cold. All the other breeds I have are both cold and hot. I have a mixed flock of...

Many thanks for the information Keith! I think I have the perfect hens in my flock in mind to take care of them. They are currently 9 weeks and I am in their pen constantly trying to get them used to me. I only have one that is a pain already. The others are offish but they don't peck at me when...

Can any of you who have BCM Roo's give me details on their temperament? I have three that I received from Chicken Scratch Poultry and am praying that they blend in with my flock without issue. I have 18 hens (mixed flock) that are a year old with 3 hens that are 2 years old. One of the BCM...

Sounds very similar to what I am getting from my other Marans! Thanks for the information.

I have recently purchased some FBCM and am interested in how many eggs you're getting per week for each hen. I have three other 1 year old Marans, Splash, Blue Copper, and Cookoo and am getting around 3 per hen each week.

Absolutely beautiful color! How many hens do you have? I currently have 3 Blue Copper, Splash, Cookoo that are 1 and 5 8 week Black Copper. I can't wait to see if I get color like that! Laura

Hi Lauren, Welcome to BYC I know that you will find the community just as helpful as I have. I wish you good hatching from your incubator, it's a step that I haven't taken yet after three years of raising chickens. It's on my bucket list to get a incubator. I currently have 37 hens and with...