My friend gave me four fertile eggs to put under my bantam. One completely disappeared which seems weird and I am trying to not think too hard about how. Lol 😝
She has the following.
Hens - Ameraucana, Buff Orpington, Welbar, Black Australorp
Rooster is Blue Plymouth Rock
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The eggs are...
I started a new flock in November. I haven’t had bantams before. They are so cute. I have 3 calico Bantam Cochins and 2 F2 Marans, one splash and one mottled. I have some concern that I have a couple of roosters. Two of the bantams have more of pink to the comb. Sigh. I do feel rather...
Thank you all. I didn't want to have to get rid of any of these birds. I haven't heard anything yet. And TxChickieFan is right, the sound was more like an "AARRGH" than a many syllable sound.
I have these 4 newish pullets and at least one started to crow. Which one(s) is the likely candidate? The all white on is a Delaware, then a Barred Rock and two splash crosses.
I wanted to follow up. By the evening before we left, it was clear the chicks wanted nothing to do with the hen. I think she was willing but they ran away from her and were hiding. So I pulled them out and they are being chick sat at my GF's while we are away. :( Oh well. It was a good try. I...
We are leaving on Saturday. My husband will be home to keep an eye. I'm really hopeful. This would be her second round of chicks. I will report back later this afternoon. Thank you for the encouragement. It was a rough night sleeping hoping the hen was still happy with them in the morning.
I have a very broody hen, blue laced wyandotte, whose raised chicks from eggs before. My daughter had 2 feed store chicks that are about 2 weeks old. We had them in the house but are going on vacation and my DH didn't want to take care of them while we are gone. So last night, I tucked them...