I'm new to the whole chicken thing. My first set of chickies just started laying. Now I want to start planning. Which breeds are the best momma's? Hatch well and rear well. Extra points for breeds on the livestock conservancy list. I hoping to have a couple momma's to shove other's eggs under.
So a few things have happened this week... My girls have begun laying, yay! 1 of them is setting for about an hour each morning. I have a buff orpington who is a lot smaller than everyone else, she is definitely low girl one the totem pole but mostly they do alot of my head is higher than yours...
Hello everyone, I'm new to this group and it's interesting to see all the knowledge and here. I'm also a new chicky mama actually my check is our big girls now and laid their first eggs today. I got them when they were about 4 weeks old. I wanted to the guy I purchase them for talk me into 6...