Wow....wish you lived closer to me I would have given one a good home. I was supposed to get 3 roosters with my order from a hatchery. First shipment they all died and the next they sent one wrong breed and all pullets. I need a good "hawk watcher" for my ladies. Seams to be almost impossible to...
Can jersey giants sit and hatch their own eggs without an issue? I have heard they are to big and crush their eggs and make terrible broodies/mothers.....?
I was (am still am) set on dominiques and breeding to the SOP with that breed but I can't have them where I am right now....I live on to little land and they are flighty birds....But I would like to have a self-sustaining flock of chickens. Something I wouldn't have to buy chicks from a hatchery...
:( sorry. ok I will delete that post. I didn't read the rules all the way through totally my fault it just popped up when I was browsing forums and I said "I got this" ok then my honest guess is 4-18-2020 at 6pm...
I am looking for a good start for a beginner (small) breeding program. I don't have much land yet only an 1 1/4 acres but it will change in the future. What I was asking is if his chickens would be a good start like....something if I mess up I wouldn't be out of much. I don't want to fight the...
I just came across Dom's from Bob's Biddies. Anyone have any experience with them from there? How do they look, would they be a good start for breeding SOP? Does his variety have good broodiness and mothering ability? I have been searching for this breed for years and they have been a real...
Anyone have any experience with the Dominique chickens from this hatchery? I have heard that some hatchery's cross the doms with barred rocks. We were thinking of having our Rural King order some doms if they were any good. I just found out Tractor supply and Rural king uses this hatchery in my...