Well ... we're using them as brooders for our extremely broody Silkies at the moment. We're not letting them keep eggs but the others catch their fire, so we keep them separated.
Hello! My name is Kristi, and I guess I'd be considered a veteran feathered fiend owner. My first feathered "fiend" is not a chicken, actually, but rather a yellow naped amazon parrot named Dante (the Evil). I've had him since 1996 and got him when he was a year old. They live 75-100 years old...