Bluebelle7
Chirping
- Sep 21, 2023
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I have never before got day old chicks, but in this moment everybody is going broody. And in the same time I would like to get 2 Belgian D'Uccles, one porcelain and one millefleur, and all what people sell are day old chicks, and they seem to be going fast. Which to me means they will not have older pullets later on (I am in Australia = spring here just started. So I started to think about getting some D'Uccle chicks and stick them under my broody Orpington. Of course that means I will have several roosters, which we are not allowed here. Then the broody may reject them, and I will have to deal with the babies. Fortunately I do have a heat lamp, which I got some years ago for my litter of pups when we got unusual cold spell just as they were born. But still, it sounds like lot of work. i wonder if the people who buy these day old chicks all have a broody at home, what will they do with the roosters? Is there really so much demand for day old chicks that they are all sold out within days?
I never wanted to breed my girls, I just like some cute chickens wondering around my garden getting rid of snails and weeds.
My Mabel (Frizzle) and Angelina (Pekin), and my broody Saffron
I never wanted to breed my girls, I just like some cute chickens wondering around my garden getting rid of snails and weeds.
My Mabel (Frizzle) and Angelina (Pekin), and my broody Saffron