Most places do not sell sexed bantams but My Pet Chicken does. I do think their prices are a bit high and their shipping costs are a turn off, but if you must have girls, it might be the way to go.
I have ordered chicks from My Pet Chicken several times and the experience was mostly positive. I often went in with several friends as more chicks seem to travel better, but I will not be buying from them again for several reasons. First of all I did get several boys when I ordered sexed...
I've always had assorted bantam and large fowl together with no problems, but if you get the bantams as day olds and they are tiny, you might want to throw your chick starter into the blender for a week or so to make it easier for the bantams to eat. I always do this and it seems to help.
The straight run bin is always a crap shoot but it has never been too terrible. Last summer we got 20 unsexed bantams from TSC for half price ($2.00 each) as we took them all and we got eight boys. It was a nice mixture of mille fleur d'uccles, barred rocks, ,creole OE game and red BB OEG...
We've bought chicks from Tractor Supply, from hatcheries, from private people, etc. In the future we probably will be sticking with Tractor Supply as opposed to hatcheries because the US mail system has now gone to hubs and the chicks can spend way too many days in transit. At least if they...
We've gotten many wonderful chicks, and bantams and ducklings, from TSC. Ours orders from Hoover's Hatchery and we have ordered from there and we've always been happy with what we've gotten.
But that said, if you are having chicks shipped, as others have stated, you might want to order from...
i would start with no roosters (unless you start with adult hens) because if you start with chicks you are in all probability going to get an "oops" rooster. Also once you have your hens you can figure out what would be the best fit for them.
I know when I do hatches I usually do very...
I've lived in the dog world all my life and have had poultry most of my life. I've also had various breeds competing in dog sports so am very familiar with many breeds. Some of the breeds you have mentioned for example husky, i would never have with poultry. They are smart, trainable but...
This theory has been disproved in several magazine articles I have read.
I've also tried it to no avail. I have some hens who always lay a round egg and have produced both sexes.
Some more information would help. How many eggs are you talking about hatching roosters? That would make a difference, whether it is three out of three (perhaps not unusual) or 15 out of fifteen which would be. How many eggs total, that is how many in each batch are not hatching?
I once...
Hens that don't go broody or seldom go broody will not necessarily self eliminate as long as there are other hens to act as surrogates or incubators. My choice for hatching eggs is either my most productive layers or sometimes I breed and hatch for color as I love a colorful egg basket.
If you own chickens long enough you will come up with every scenario. Until now my oldest pullet to reach point of lay was an eight month old Welsumer who started laying in February as the days got longer.
Then the end of March last year we got 4 new pullets (Usually add a few every spring...
The only thought that struck me is that hens who go broody lay less eggs than those who don't. I did have mixed breeds hatching eggs, but right now my broodies are my bantams and they are quite happy hatching any hens' eggs.
I find it more productive to keep my large fowl producing eggs...
If you are trying to make your coop secure from predators, you need to know which predator is most active in YOUR area.
I'm sure different folks have different predators. Some mentioned in the poll we don't even have.
Just a guess after reading the question and all the answers. You said she was on medicated food. I've read that one of the side effects of medicated feed is that it interferes somewhat with digestion (Why ducklings can't have it. It will kill them.). Perhaps being on it so long interfered...
Different breeds and even pullets within the same breed can start laying at different times. The earliest I've ever had a pullet lay is four months five days old. Just yesterday I got a first egg from a cochin that is over eight months old (Thank heavens, I thought they wee going to wait until...
The best way to get sustained winter laying is to have young hens (Adding a few chicks each spring can help along with choosing breeds that are known for their egg laying.
Just yesterday I had one pullet of three(that are one breed) starting to lay and I have three more that should come of...