I swear Marans take forever to start laying. I have a Cuckoo that hatched in April and still isn’t laying. My two BCMs have been laying for a few weeks but the EEs were laying a couple months ago.
Daylight is a big factor. Sometimes my new layers don’t even start up until the following spring
I can really only guess. The first time I saw her with the rooster was about three weeks ago. I never saw them mate but she kicked all the hens off the feed bowl and let him eat with her. This happened almost every day. So I am assuming they mated. Since she has about 8 eggs under her I am...
If they can get to it, they will eat it. It’s like chicken popcorn. No one knows why. The real answer is you have to cover it with something so they can’t get to it or they will eat every bit they can reach.
My uncle had a couple and they were not safe around children. I’m sure it varies but I was not a fan. They liked to chase us while we rode around in a golf cart.
They kept a llama for predator protection. I’m not sure what the emus were for.
I heard one outside my bedroom window one night before I got chickens. Way too close for comfort. Haven’t seen or heard one in a long time but the neighbor is quite fond of ending them when he sees them so maybe they are scared to cross his property 🤣
I definitely don’t want to lol. I am just not sure how long she has been sitting or if they’re fertilized. But after thinking it over I think the simplest answer is probably the correct one. She was laying eggs once or twice a week in the coop and I haven’t gotten an egg from her in about two...
I just have to tell someone or I’m going to explode! My feral hen is sitting on a clutch of (hopefully fertile) eggs! Not sure how this will turn out but 🤞
I need to catch up later because I have discovered the hard way how smart @Shadrach is 😆 Just found my feral game hen sitting on a clutch on the ground. I’ve had a rooster for a month. I have no idea how long she’s been there but she did kick a rotten one out which is how I found her. I have...