Hi, I've been keeping chickens for a year now and I'm having so much fun! now my husband is getting more involved....we started tending chickens as a way to become more self sufficient in our food sources...but we never knew how much personality these girls have! I started with 4 girls, one died from egg yolk peritonitis, one killed from a fox and now we are back up to 5 chickens. We were even inspired to build a new coop (to outwit that crafty fox) and it turned out great....I posted it to my profile pics, but really wanted it to show up under the Coop tab. Anyway...I love this website, very informative, it's usually the first place I turn to for answers.
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With several comments about finding it hard to obtain good quality Brabanters, has anyone purchased from Sandhill? Where have you found good quality stock? If our town changes it's regs, this is... -
I like everything about it except how it looks right now. I know it lays decently. It is a great part of my great waterfowl flock. -
First, watching a runner duck run is awesome. They can find their own food. They aren't like pekins in water. Mine haven't started laying but I heard their decent. -
Its not as fat and slow as a pekin, but its not frail either. I want a mallard but I don't want a flying bird. The rouen is great for that. -
They are my calmest birds and are easiest to catch. They eat less than Pekins. I heard they also lay well, but mine are younger.
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