We got ours last July and they were very healthy. They have been GREAT layers. Probably at least 5 a week.
I have one that has gone broody. She adopted a baby chicken. I was hoping that would break her, but it didn't. The baby chick sleeps with the duck and our Silkie is the daytime nanny...
We got 3 WH from Metzgers too. I paid extra to have them sexed and all three arrived with green tape on a leg. Their hatch date was July 21. They did not quack at 4 weeks. They are starting now if we try to pick them up.
One has a yellow beak and 2 have a grey beak. --yours all have grey...
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I am getting 3 Welsh Harlequins from Metzger in a week. We had come into some duck eggs and put them under a Silkie chicken and she hatched out one KC drake. So we went to the Humane Society and adopted 2 female mixed breeds to keep him company. Unfortunately the KC was killed this...