Yes, very fun! They're doing really well, it will be interesting to see what they look like as adults. Since the hens are hybrids the chicks will not be the same as their parents.
In Sweden, organic and KRAV (KRAV farms have to follow special rules for the well being of the hens) have roosters...
Thank you for your thoughts! I'm just starting this breed and learning about them, I definitely want to make sure I breed animals that will keep the auto sexing ability. That's one of the perks with this breed and it would be a shame to loose it! I also want the adult birds and the eggs to have...
Yay! Thank you! So, the stripe in the middle should preferably be darker from the top of their head all the way down their back?
Hopefully I get a few more that hatch and hope that they have a better pattern. But at least the first two were girls, woohoo!
Is the only way to get a more...
Just wanted to share this little chick with you :). He or she and hopefully soon a sibling is hatched today from an organic egg bought from the supermarket. I bought the eggs during easter (the egg is stamped with Glad Påsk, meaning happy easter in Swedish) and put them in the incubator, two of...
Good luck with the eggs! Mine hatched almost 7 weeks ago . I now am the happy owner of 15 Hedemora. Although half of them a roosters, so I will hopefully find new homes for some of them!
I've just become a member and really enjoyed reading this thread :). I just ordered 20 Hedemora eggs to arrive next week, I'm very excited! The flock I ordered from is very diverse in colors, but one roo and one hen are particularly beautiful I think. Would anyone know what their colours would...