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I have four chickens that I can't take with me when I move. 2 are cute banties, a mother and daughter. Mama Frightful is of an unknown age but lays pretty well. Her baby Pepper I rescued last last winter during a snowstorm and she also lays pretty well. (I got permission to take mama too, and they spent 6 weeks inside. When they first came home Frightful made no attempts to jump out of the brooder for the first week and so whenever I was around the lid staid off and I could watch her with her tiny tiny chick. After that she increasingly tried to escape so they moved to a larger pen). Frightful makes a good mother when it's not bloody freezing out and has raised Pepper and then the Barred Rocks along with some NH Reds (though she wasn't crazy over them at first, she settled in and raised both types). She raised the BRs and NHRs out in the coop and run and did great.
The banty eggs are good for hard boiling on sandwiches imo
Both birds tend to go broody, and Pepper is a bit grumpy when laying or broody, but they are calm and friendly otherwise. Some days they tolerate being picked up, but would rather ride on your arm if anything. They sometimes enjoy chin rubs and are cute to watch. Pepper has an adorable face with a pea comb. Her mother has a cute top hat and nice face as well. Pet homes only!
The two Barred Rocks, Snow and Coal are a year old. They lay well and don't tend to go broody. Snow sometimes manages a large egg but is usually just under (visually measuring). Coal lays a consistently large egg. Both are friendly but Snow is a bit more skittish. They make a nice pair of hens, coming over to check me out and sometimes looking for trouble. They will ride on your arms briefly and sometimes tolerate being picked up. I prefer a pet home for them, but if someone was practical and wanted to keep them for eggs for a bit and then humanely slaughter them for food after, that would be okay.
They don't peck at your hand unless you are messing with them on the roost, and then only sometimes (usually when they are tense/scared from something outside their coop). Even when they are annoyed in the nest box they don't peck, so collecting eggs is never a problem.
I'd prefer all four went to the same home. Decent management and safety from predators (as much as possible given that s*** can still happen) are a priority. I have the option of taking them to my grandmother's/uncle's but they just lost a chicken so I'm a bit wary. So please don't be offended if I ask questions as I'm looking for a better option than their house, particularly for the banties as my uncle wants to turn all spent hens into stew hens later on.
Thanks,
Christina
The banty eggs are good for hard boiling on sandwiches imo
Both birds tend to go broody, and Pepper is a bit grumpy when laying or broody, but they are calm and friendly otherwise. Some days they tolerate being picked up, but would rather ride on your arm if anything. They sometimes enjoy chin rubs and are cute to watch. Pepper has an adorable face with a pea comb. Her mother has a cute top hat and nice face as well. Pet homes only!The two Barred Rocks, Snow and Coal are a year old. They lay well and don't tend to go broody. Snow sometimes manages a large egg but is usually just under (visually measuring). Coal lays a consistently large egg. Both are friendly but Snow is a bit more skittish. They make a nice pair of hens, coming over to check me out and sometimes looking for trouble. They will ride on your arms briefly and sometimes tolerate being picked up. I prefer a pet home for them, but if someone was practical and wanted to keep them for eggs for a bit and then humanely slaughter them for food after, that would be okay.
They don't peck at your hand unless you are messing with them on the roost, and then only sometimes (usually when they are tense/scared from something outside their coop). Even when they are annoyed in the nest box they don't peck, so collecting eggs is never a problem.
I'd prefer all four went to the same home. Decent management and safety from predators (as much as possible given that s*** can still happen) are a priority. I have the option of taking them to my grandmother's/uncle's but they just lost a chicken so I'm a bit wary. So please don't be offended if I ask questions as I'm looking for a better option than their house, particularly for the banties as my uncle wants to turn all spent hens into stew hens later on.
Thanks,
Christina
