Articles by Crazy Chicken Keeper
I have a hen named Marshmallow. My brother picked her name when she was only three days old. Her mother sat on five eggs, but Marshmallow was the only one that hatched. Her father was a Faverolles (beardless, for some reason) named Normy, and her mother was a White Araucana named Sparky.
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Marvin is nearly four years old - and the fact his is still around is simply ridiculous.
He’s Araucana + Orpington + Rhode Island Red + Faverolles; apparently the perfect mix for a bird too stubborn to die. He blasted out of his shell in six hours from internal pip, the fastest hatch I’ve ever...
When I first started raising chickens, I got several Araucana hens, a Faverolles rooster, and two Hyline hens. My flock grew with crossbreeds up to 64 chickens, then I downsized to 10. I soon realised that crossbreed breeding was not profitable, so I decided to do some research.
My favourite...