I had a bantam rooster named Buster he started life with no problems. when I was very ill he would come up on the deck and sit with me and croon to me. needless to say he had my heart. he was protecting the hens from the neighbors standard rooster and was blinded in one eye. about 6 mo later the...
I've had bantam australorps since 2010. I think they are the sweetest birds. I'v had some success showing them, but more important t is the improvrment I'v made with the help from breeders at the shows. I always learn something at every show i go to. I'm having some competition the last few...
I'll try but it is hard to get the hens to go broody when you want them to. I will set some eggs in the incubator, but have not had any luck hatching eggs in the incubator.with my bantam australorps
they hatch good under my mixed breed bantams. they hatch in 20 days under the bantams.
my first rooster has the name of numbnuts. he and 1 femal were surivers of a night time racoon attack when they were 2 mo. old he wasn't hurt but the female (baby) had most of the skin from the back of her neck missing. when i was cleaning her up and when changing dressing on her he would try...
I name all my chickens by the time they are 12 wks old. they start out just #'s. some find their own name. but most i give names to. last year when i started breeding bantam australorps. i decided to name all the ones hatched in 2010 with names that start with the letter A this year i"m naming...