After my experience with the golden comets that were sex-linked, I think I don't prefer to stay away from that. Again, I have my chickens as pets so if they lay a lot of eggs are very little I don't care a whole lot. I'd just like them to be able to hang around for a while. Although I do have...
Oh this is a perfect overview I can't thank you enough for it! :-). For me my chickens are backyard pets. That they lay eggs at all is just a swell feature but just not primary for me. I I enjoy my other chickens but my goodness nothing was like the personality those golden comets had. The...
I was going through some old photos that I came across some of the golden comets that I had they were a sex-linked breed. I picked the sex link because I didn't want to risk having a rooster.
I absolutely loved the golden comets, the only problem though is they were prolific egg producers - not...
So I found some post but most of them in fact nearly all of them are talking about the rats coming at night.
These critters (rats) are feeding in the day. We're not allowed to use rodenticides in my area due to the family of hawks, owls and even coyotes that live nearby. Also too, there's...
I knew it was coming I could see it way in advance. She was getting older, going back to the coop earlier than she used to. I honestly thought she was going to pass some time late last year but she continued to function just fine all considered.
Early this evening I went out to see if she had...
I'm replying to myself .... LOL..... seriously I was trying to find a way to append an additional comment on my original post.... My uncle who has a hobby farm in Indiana told me what I might do with my super-broody is to either let her hatch a couple of eggs OR do something he called...
Again thank you very much for your input. It's just one of those things where it's different strokes for different folks so to speak. Make it a great week! :-)
Naw, I don't know: I'm not much for jailing her in a haphazard cage because she won't comply.
Not worried about her joints or tendons because one of the things I do is I have a automatic door which I can override that leads to the nesting box. So I'll go out about 3:30 or 4:00 in the...
One of my Sapphire Gems evidently trying to get the world record for broody hens. Usually I find the behavior subsides on its own within a 21 day period or so and that's without any interaction on my part other than to make sure the hen is healthy and drinking and eating.
So I have a hen that...