I have an OE bantam rooster who has decided to " separate " himself completely from the rest of my flock. I know I have way TOO many roosters - 5 - with about 19 hens...But since early January he roosts outside and never goes even close to the others. I have an enclosed pen and attached coop. I...
I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this question, but here goes.
I have a flock of bantams that I got 3 yrs. ago this month. I haven't brought in ANY new chicks since that time. I am not trying to maintain any certain breed or anything but is it bad to not introduce " new " blood...
My entire flock of chickens are bantams. I got 25 bantams in March 2006 and still have most of those along with " new" ones of course. Some of my bantams are bigger than others and I have 3 golden hens ( can't tell them apart ! ) that have been good layers.
I now have 2 small white hens ( about...
Here ( I hope ) is a another picture of some of my chickens and chicks. They were born in January and I didn't think the " broody " hens ( 2 ) would be successful...but I was wrong !
They sat on about 10 eggs and only 4 hatched. One of the baby chicks died of unknown causes.
abbiejane