For this same reason, I am really focusing my eye on the cockerels in my CW pen. I have been really lucky to have kept my one rooster alive for two years as the single rooster for breeding. Only with close monitoring and careful feeding, have I been able to keep him strong and healthy. But...
In my Hovabator, the tall basket won't fit...so if i use the plastic I use the same type only shorter in height and slip them inside a onion bag. Also there are wire mesh office drawer baskets that are ready made and cheaper than the wire hardware cloth. I slip them inside a bag also. They have...
I started with Columbian Wyandottes after trying Silver laced and Blue Laced. I have acquired a flock of 5 hens and a rooster that was shepherded by two long-time Oklahoma breeders who showed and maintained the quality of the birds. I am trying to continue the variety and have two other color...