I had checked for mites, but I will check again, thanks for the tip. I've only got three hens in with the rooster right now, as one got into the turkey pen and that was the end of her. I did see the new cockerel trying to get his groove on today. The old one is still lurking around the pen, so...
I'm having the worst fertility on my Blue Andalusians. Weeks of eggs in the incubator, and only one chick. The last batch had two fertile eggs out of fourteen, and it's sad that I consider that a great improvement. I swapped roosters about three weeks ago, so I hope the new one is better. I have...
I bought a trio from a local friend on the boards, sewandgrow. I love these birds! So pretty, and so different from my Wyandottes.
Poultry 078 by Cowgirl Jules, on Flickr