Hi all,
I want to introduce the project I’ve been working on! My Pet Chicken Project!
I love my chickens and while there’s certain breeds I gravitate towards I noticed that they all carry varying health issues, ornaments (huge combs, too intensely feathered feet, too high egg production etc)...
I really wish roosters would just easily get along 🫠 we’ve got 10 split in 3 groups already and we really can’t have more 😅 they just have the most hilarious personalities 😄
I have a 13 week old Easter egger that I thought was a pullet 🐥 She hasn’t shown any suspicious behavior but her back feathers have me worried Smudge is a cockerel 😅
What do you think?
I think a mixture of breeds that have been bred for high production and just very inbred strains contributed to our issues 🤔 we’ve started adding breeds with lower egg production and from a different hatchery in hopes that our bad luck ends now 🤞🐥
Hi everyone,
My first batch of chicks hatched for this year! 😍 they are barnyard mixes from our Light Brahma rooster and Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster. The hens are an Easter egger, Brahmas, Orpington, and a Black Star. Y’all have been right on my last batch so I’d love to hear your thoughts...
Picking breeds with a higher egg production for sure was a mistake I made when I got some of our current birds 👍 I just looked up each breeds personality and didn’t pay enough attention to the number of eggs 🥚 which breeds are your older ladies? I’d love to hear your recommendations!😁 one breed...
I agree with what you said about managing them and keeping them healthy 👍 But I view the responses in this thread from a perspective of getting hope that one of my little feather friends like Obi Hen might get lucky enough to live with me 10 more years 😍 I’ve had horrible luck with my ladies so...