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Just joined this forum while searching out information on this breed. There's a lot of knowledgeable people here. I purchased a pair of Sulmtaler at a local swap last year and couldn't be happier with them. The rooster, his name is Elvis, is very calm, protective and nice to all the girls. The...

Our first ever babies at 2 days old. They are Sulmtaler and so far she is a very good mom. I've watch her protect and teach them how to eat. That is the cutest thing ever to see the hen drop food and cluck while the chicks are so alert and ready to soak it all in

Elvis is in the hen house. He is a 1 year old Sulmtaler with a very gentle personality and does a great good looking after the flock. At first, I didn't want a rooster and now I wouldn't want to be without one. I enjoy his antics.

I started with shavings, but switched to sand and like it much better because it's easy to keep clean. The coop is raised with a sheltered area underneath. The run is covered with a tarp and in the winter I use contractor sheet plastic on the two sides where prevailing wind blows. The run stays...

So sorry to hear this. This is our first year keeping chickens and I've been afraid of electrical to the coop from the get go. We would have to run a heavy cord and the coop is too close to our house if the worse ever happened. The girls seem to have acclimated to their first winter and we just...

This is our first winter with a flock of 6 hens and it's been very cold here at times, dipping down to single digits and minus wind chill. Our birds are cold hardy varieties, 3 Wyandottes, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Plymouth and a Silkie. The only one I worry about with freezing comb issues is our...

Oh my, this is a funny thread and may explain why the humidity level is so high in the morning.

This is our first year and have been dreading the uncertainties of winter. We did insulate with foil backed foam board jand they haven't pecked at it, but they sure like that bare board styrafoam insulation under the porch. We do not have electricity to the coop and prefer to keep it that way...

Thanks for the warm welcome. @Kelsie2290 I think I'll just stick to this little flock for now, but good to know :cd

I heard they go broody a lot, but we currently have no plans for that since we ate all the roosters :woot

Getting 2 a day from our young spring flock.

Hedgesville in the Eastern Panhandle. New here and trying to figure this out.

We're newbies. We started this adventure in May with free wooden pallets, scrap doors, an old window and anything else on the cheap. Then came the fun part, attending our first swap. That didn't go quite as planned, we purchased 10 chickens and 7 turned out to be roos. Not a problem, they went...