I'll have to check with my daughter about when she collected these eggs. The hatchery hens were running loose in the yard with a variety of cocks from golden necked D'Uccle to Australorps before we put them in with the show cock so maybe these eggs were fertilized before they went in the pen...
This is one of the better looking ones with the most amount of white. His legs are also lighter; some of the others have black legs which I don't think is the accepted standard.
We have a pen with only Bantam Silver Spangled Hamburgs and we hatched out 4 eggs. These are all purebred birds and the cock and one of the 4 hens is show quality the rest are hatchery birds but have reasonably good markings and body type. Unfortunately all the chicks hatched are almost...
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I got some Silver Pencilled Rocks from you last year and they turned out great. We also got an extra that I only recently figured out was a Red Dorking hen. This was confirmed when I saw your post. I would like to order more eggs from you but I would like to delay deliverery for until I...
My daughter, 14 yrs old, holds her chicks daily. One year she had a whole batch of them imprint on her and they would follow her like a Mommy hen. Eventually they seperated from her as they became adults but one little rooster would escape from the coop and we would find him roosting on the...
I have a Border Collie/ Australian Cattle Dog cross that is the best dog ever. She helps my daughtger catch chickens and can even herd chickens on the command 'Freckles Get the Chickens'. In fact even if the dog is not there just saying 'Freckles Get the Chickens' and all the chickens...