I have 2 roos Henry and Sally ( yeah, I said Sally). They're bantam/araucana mix. My pretty mutt brothers. Henry is booted, shorter and fat. As to where Sally is long, bare legged with longer tail feathers. Henry will beg as to where Sally with snatch from you. Henry actually acts henly at...
ok, my chicken friend said that with the breed they are they usually have to be almost a yr old. He said I should have eggs by May. If they aren't laying by then he said to get new chickens. I have them as pets so i won't be getting rid of any of my girls but eggs would be nice. I tried feeding...
Ok so my chickens (cochin bantams) are all almost 1 year old. None of them have layed a single egg....can you believe that?! I figured they would wait till spring but nope, not one egg yet. They're mating with the roosters and everything. They've been mating for several months now. I don't know...
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Oh, great! I thought you were no longer breeding. I actually got my Calls that I have from you! I would love to have about 4 more. I would like to get them as young as possible so I can hand raise them. Let me know when they are ready!
Mrs. Turbo :
there is a family in MS
they have whites, chocolates, grey and butterscotch
or Charley Hodum
he has grey whites and might have black, not sure if he still has those.
they both are in Corinth. Pm me and I can give you their email if you want.
I talked to Charley and he only...
I have cochin bantam pullets who are 6 months old and not one egg yet!!! This is my first small flock ever and have been reading everything about egg laying but still haven't got a clue what my girls are thinking. The weather has been warm one day then cold the next but the front just came in...
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Wish I would have known about wiring the bottom. I still have a section I can do that to though. I haven't let them into that part yet. Good thing I didn't do that today. I'll try the wire mesh out for that side.
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Thanks for the info. I just clip the tops of the grass and cut up the long stuff to their size to eat. I'll have to try the pan idea. I thought about getting a pallet of sod grass next season.....