my first broody rhodebar has been an excellent mother so far. she sat tight on 11 eggs for 23 days hatching all but 3 and 1 died. she only got off eggs a few times. our second broody rhodebar has been sitting tight on 12 eggs a little over a day now.
BROODY RHODEBARS anyone have any rhodebars go broody ?? I have one that just hatched 4+ chicks and another that I just put over 12 eggs. that's 2 out of my 5 original pullets . just wondering if anyone else has experienced this ??
here are some of our recently hatched rhodebar chicks. all the pullets have eyeliner. even some cockerls show a little. the chick on the left in bottom 2 photos is a cockerl.
we have 6 cockerls and 8 pullets that hatched on 1/29 . 2 of the 6 cockerls were much darker than the others. of my 2 original roosters from greenfire 1 is much darker than the other. I .
hope you enjoy your rhodebars as much as I enjoy mine. great backyard chickens, great layers. mine have been laying steady all winter. they seem to enjoy the snow , they are out freeranging every day even today they were out most of the day. I got mine from greenfire farms last jan. they have...