It's happened. My Appenzeller Spitzhauben pullet has gone broody. As you know, Appenzellers have a V shaped comb and a crest (see photo below). I currently have a Lakenvelder cockerel in with my flock. Lakenvelders have a very large comb and no crest (photo below). Will the Appenzeller...
I guess it all started when I was on the Internet. I saw an ad for mypetchicken and I was like- chickens? As pets? I clicked on it and I realized how many different types of chickens there were. I fell in love with Appenzeller Spitzhaubens and Dominiques! I decided that I had I have me some...
This is the meanest rooster I have had. He is a silver Lakenvelder. I have had him since a chick, and the little booger tried to flog me before he was even grown! To start off with, he was just a little mean, flogging me every now and then. When he fought a chicken hawk, his meanness got worse...
The only problem is that if I don't get there fast enough, my rooster gets interested in it. He doesn't eat them, just pecks them and rolls them around.
I have 3 nest boxes in my coop, and all the hens try to lay in one box, the favorite of corse. Two of my hens lay around the same time each day. One of them refuses to lay in another box, so she tries to force the other hen out. And if that hen doesn't get out, she sits down and lays her egg on...