I have a little mixed flock; 8 hens (2 rhode Island reds, 4 plymouth barred rocks, one black australorp, one buff orpington) and a rooster we rescued with the name of Dr. Love. Not sure what his breed is, but he's a nice one, and not rough with the hens. Anyway, the buff orpington, who has the...
At the end of last March I hatched 12 eggs (barred plymouth rock). 11 of them have grown to adulthood. Five were roosters. We gave 2 away, and seemed to have a stable flock with 3 roosters and 14 hens. Ferdinand, the smallest, and the one with foot deformities, was dominant, but no one was too...
I'm yet another firsttimer with incubating, although we've had adult chickens for years. Our beloved rooster King Rootin' Tootin' just passed away and we ran out and got an incubator in case some of the eggs were fertile, but none of them were unfortunately. We decided to get some eggs from a...