Oh and out of the group of 7, SLW, 5 were boys. I felt really guilty cause we kept one pullet and all the others went to a friend of a friend who was hoping for lots of girls :(
Bad ratios just happen sometimes.
In the past, I've always given them to my silkie. She's had two hatches: first 3/4 were successful and second, 7/7 made it with one assist. Eggs were picked up, not shipped.
This time, I've gotten shipped eggs - 22 total. I'm only 8 days in and have lost a few - the campines have been the...
Silkies are great, bizarre cuddly birds, though the do not autosex, so you will want to get them with a rooster return policy or vent sexed.
Dorkings are quite lovely as well - very docile and can typically be sexed at hatch thanks to their chipmunk pattern (dark eye line are the ladies) seems...