alibabba
Songster
Quote:These broody babies are EE and D'Uccle hens (all hatchery or backyard breeding I guess because, they are very nice, but not show quality. and of course EE's are what they are)
The Roo is about a year old, just got him because I wanted one and he was older and cute. Frizzle Tolbunt Polish. Not a good one, but he threw some adorable babies I must say!
I kept him separate for about 10 days. Logic of it is, I have the worst chicken disease already - Poor thing, he is like "the canary in the mineshaft". It's been a few months now. He is fit and well, getting fitter and weller all the time, He has a free range situation here where I think he was not fed very well and probably confined where he came from. He could become ill or maybe he was vaccinated, but are many hatcheries selling those? Probably from a breeder, I don't know how many breeders are vaccinating.... (ETA...I seem to be drawn to acquiring chickens from shady chicken dealers on craigslist .lol Wish I would have ordered vaccinated from a nice hatchery from the get go, but didn't know...)
I don't mind feeding the chicks to see what happens, they are pets, but I won't name these until at least 12 months.
I like your creative thinking. I can't really identify with this first batch which are male. I am watching tail feathering, wing feathering and coloring and comb types, but only time will tell. I really feel like I can only keep one crower maybe gulp, 2. I don't want people getting bugged and nosing too closely. There are no roo regulations, just noise ordinances.
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