Yeah. The hatch rates on these is a little tough. I got just over 25% on mine and I consider myself extremely lucky. Unfortunately majority ended up roos (lucky and unlucky at the same time lol). If your black one came from Edd, then she will be the same strain as the Gray one above which is...
Yeah, he has really nice even tufts and great color but does have the partial tail. Even though he is from cali, I am raising with conservative influence.... :0). He is so incredibly personable. You just hold out you hand and he jumps right on to hang out. I am just focusing on the non...
I'm a new member here. Crazy how much great information can be found on this site. It is my go to for all things chicken.....
Anyway, I am new to chicken farming. Actually just starting to get eggs! My first hatch of Edd Shepherd's araucanas came on October 15 of 2000. All wonderful birds...
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I am looking for new homes for a few extra Araucana roosters I have. I will not ship them so someone would need to be local to the Southern California area. I am in the North Tustin area. The roosters are all from Edd Sheppard's strain. I have one of his black hybrid Roman strain...
I am just finishing up my first coop for ~10 chickens. Planning to use deep liter. I have a 100' Ficus benjamina (I believe that is what it is) tree and a chipper/shredder. There is some controversy over toxicity of that type of ficus. Would be awesome if I could use that in the coop/run as...