Well, I've got some Chantecler hatching eggs under a hen.... hope something hatches! I have been wanting Chantecler since I heard of them- maybe a year ago? I'm just looking for a breed to enjoy looking at and I also want to help preserve this rare Canadian breed.
Well, now I have some Orpington\bantie cross hens and they're laying BIG, brown eggs! I'm hoping to get some Lavender hens for my rooster sometime- probably not this year but maybe next year. One thing though- my rooster Meadowhawk has really been picked on in the barnyard. The other roosters...
I LOVE my Buff Orpington rooster! He is so friendly and nice. I caught him the other day and was holding him. He got startled and picked my hand, but very gently. It didnt hurt at all! But when I tried to handle one of our Old English Game roosters, he picked my hand really hard and left a...
Where on earth did you get your Seremas? I want some!
Are the hens very broody? I dont want to deal with spoiled eggs\throwing hens off of eggs. If you dont hand raise them, are they still friendly?
I got this Orpington rooster last year in hope that I would get some Orpington\Old English Game chicks. Well, this year I got 1 chick out of the all of the chicks that hatched.
My Orpington is named Meadowhawk after the Cherry Faced Meadowhawk dragonflies that often fall prey to the chickens...
My gramma's white goose (breed unknown) hatched 7 Chinese/White goslings 3 weeks ago (thier father is a Chinese). They have been doing well since they were born, but today one of them went lame and can't stand up. What do I do? I hate too see these little animals suffering. :(
Thanks!
A week ago, a small Old English Game bantie cross hatched in our incubator. We put her under an older hen that has raised many chicks. Chicka (that's what I named her) seemed to be doing well until it rained 2 days later. She was eating and everything but she got a poopy bum. She survived for a...