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Hi guys, I have a question about a situation with one of my broody girls. Background -Molly, a Cuckoo Marans/Dark Cornish mix hen went missing for a week or so, I thought a predator got her, but then I saw her dust-bathing one day and followed her when she was done. It was obvious that she was...

Old thread, I know. But since it came up in the search I did about older hens, this is my two cents... We have 40+ hens and a few roos, all between 1 and 4 years old. I can't imagine killing any of them for food, but understand that eventually all of the hens we have will stop laying and...

Very smart! I felt very fortunate that out of the 15 chicks we hatched last year only 3 of them were cockerels. We have over 40 hens, so that was okay, plus they all free range during the day so the girls can do their own thing for a good part of the day. The guys do try to keep them...

SSH's are usually not that patient, Lol. It's always a gamble, especially with first time broodies, I had one broody who intentionally killed her chicks as they hatched, I only saved one, needless to say I never let her hatch again. You never know how it will turn out, but I love broody hens...

Thanks! She's beautiful, and the chicks are so cute (of course). I'm so glad to know that there are Hamburgs out there that will go the full term as broodys. I have one that went a couple of days and then said forget it!

You're so fortunate that one went broody! That's amazing! I LOVE my SSH's. They were the first flock we ever had and, yes, they are all very flighty (All 15 of the original flock purchased as day old chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery, 14 girls and a boy). But... the two that we hatched from...

I've noticed that the friendliest chickens I have are the ones who see me coming with treats. (AKA - All of them) Actually, the friendliest chickens we have at this point are the ones that we raised from hatching. Of course, breed does play a part. The Silver Spangled Hamburgs we hatched...

We have a problem with bees in the fall. It seems like every year we have them all over the mash because there is a lack of a natural source of food for them and they are attracted to the chicken feed. I haven't found a fix for it, but we do put out several pans of mash fa away from the run...

I always calculate my cooking to include chicken "treats". Lol! I make way more oatmeal pancakes than we can eat on a Sunday morning, darn it... More salad than we can manage for Tuesday lunch, it all just works out. :-)

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Haha, I noticed that. We were actually wanting roos last year and only got 3 out of the 15 eggs that hatched. Always next year, I guess. I have a Dark Cornish hen that is broody for a second time this year and am tempted to set eggs under her again. She hatched only pullets the first time...

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Quote: My two BA pullets started laying at 21 and 23 weeks, so it's an individual thing. She looks like she's getting ready for sure!

She's very pretty!

Perhaps I should have been more complete in my statement, the CM rooster was the only male chicken in that pen at the time of fertilization. We purchased 26 day old chicks for this rooster and he was confined to a pen adjacent to the pullets until they were ready for him to be integrated. We...

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Yes, the white earlobes are a must for pure BA. Your bird probably is, I just wondered because sometimes if you get chickens from a yard that has mixed breeds you might end up with a mix. I love all the information flowing through this place. It's great! I hope you have a hen. Please let us know...

I guess that would have to be taken up with the breeder we got the roo from. All of his other offspring have acquired the barring gene, but as he was the only rooster we had in that pen at the time I'm certain he was the one who fertilized the egg she hatched from. I, of course, can't certify...

Right, as I stated, she is a cross that we bred between a BA hen and a Cuckoo Marans roo.

Do you know for sure that it's a pure BA? I've had some cross breeds that have the blue feathers, but darker than the pure-bred chickens. Here's a picture of the result of a BA hen crossed with a Cuckoo Marans roo...