I am just getting into them. There is now a society to insure these beautiful chickens survive. They even have a face book page. I have found a few breeders and will be getting more stock this coming year to be able to breed quality spangles. Right now I have 2 pullets and 1 Cockrel. As only 1...
I have a rooster in with my hens, keeps prey down, also seems to keep squabbling down. I pull eggs every day and no difference in taste.
Why not keep him
I do not know if this applies to this breed, but australorps you look at tip of the wing. If there are two layers one shorter than the other female. If they are all one length boy! Let me know of it is the same!
Temp is good put a blanket nest for her to hide in and under. Water and food are In along with small bird gravel. She has shavings and I Put in two stuffed animals but she is still peeping away! Lol
We had only 1 egg hatch and I fear she is Lonley! We have put a fresh batch in to hatch out, but will be 21 days. This is the first time we have hatched babies and were told the eggs were older and may not hatch the first time but as we were breaking In our new incubator was more an experiment...