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Hi, welcome to BYC! :frow What a lovely bouquet. :love

Brand is really irrelevant, Purina owns most of them anyways... or at least it seems like they do. They are a huge parent company. The only thing that matters to me is nutrient levels and ingredients. Not the amount of $ spent on advertising or making their bag look fancy. I personally will...

Chicks should not eat layer feed. It has too much calcium (often 4%) and *can* (doesn't mean will) cause kidney failure or gout, as well as stunting development and possibly delaying onset of lay. Layer is also usually 16% protein which simply isn't enough for growing chicks. Usually around 22%...

That's kinda what I suspected you meant. :p MUCH better! :thumbsup

Are you serious, 24 MONTHS?! :eek: I wouldn't have that... they would be on my cull list WAY before that... it wouldn't be a trait I would pass on. No amount of taking off nicely would make up for 2 years of not laying. :old So in my disorganization I naturally can't find my record book. Ah...

I will check my calendar and get back to you on that.

Hi, hope you are enjoying BYC so far! :frow That is a pullet. :) On some breeds 7 weeks might be a little young. But for ME, SFH are coming obvious by 4 weeks and usually it's clear by 6 with seldom exception to late bloomers. But your girl doesn't have any waddles or comb really and no...

PSHHH, chicken math... Did you know it includes goats... and ducks?! :eek::oops: Anyways, I actually don't know of anyone who separates their SFH colors. The only ones I know of are... blue base, dark base, light base, milli fleur, and sno leapord. But I am here to learn as well! Sounds like...

It was I who said dry hatch. Other breeds should do great with dry... https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-incubate-hatch-eggs-using-the-dry-incubation-method.47694/ The reason to do it is to help prevent drowning at internal pip which some breeds are known for. And I would think...

Yes, your Buttercup thought and experience is a good description. Color faults to me would be white legs, wrong eye color, or lack of flowering. Beyond that, as far as I know.. anything else goes. Yellow legs are preferred but pink or pink with mottling is accepted. Lack of flowering IMO...

Sprigs are a fleshy growth on the side of the comb that shouldn't be there. Kind of like an extra point off to the side. You will know them if your are looking. They usually start to pop up by 4 months for me. They can be subtle or very pronounced. See near the back of this one? Also near the...

OK here is my girl, her daughter looks very similar... Just for fun, a crested milli fleur girl... Sorry for the bad pics.

Hi, welcome to BYC and SFH! :frow Start by running a dry hatch for SFH. When picking your breeders, if you are indeed breeding... try and keep a crested female instead of male (if you even like crested). But don't keep crested in both genders as you will get double crested birds and is not good...

Depends on the broody. Some will break overnight while the one I have in the breaker currently has been more than a week in an elevated wire bottom cage. :barnie I can't lock my coop for the same reason, other layers need to go in and out. I bought a dog crate thing from amazon for like $35...

It's definitely NOT worth the hassle, unless it's a breed that you are totally in love with... at least for me. Ya, I knew you had the heat when I mentioned saddles... so I was thinking the same as you, not practicle. He should settle down a bit. Part of it's age. But spring/summer is high...

Things definitely change in life! And I think it's a much more peaceful barnyard without a roo. I like the SFH, but I have so many breeds that they are pretty average and not my VERY favorite. Definitely not the best foragers or the most friendly. Still good birds, fun, pretty, interesting...

That stinks. :( What do you mean you get a fertile egg "on occasion"? Broodyness is definitely hormonal. But if you have a rooster in with your hens, I would expect most of your eggs to be fertilized. :confused:

Scratch grains and other "treats" like watermelon and such can diminish your protein level too far, especially since layer is only 16% which is the minimum suggested for light breeds like leghorn... and maybe your calcium level if you don't offer OS on the side. Scratch grains is often 8%...

So far, my blonde babies do end up millie fleur as well. My black ones have ended up being snow leopard. Wish I could remember the brown ones, those seem to be my favorite color in the chicks. :love Interesting side note... in your pic (reddish pic #2) of the blonde and the brown one, does the...

It's actually relative to when they started being sat on full time verses when they were laid. I would probably try to candle at about this time to see if there is any development. With it being your first time though, I might not discard them if I couldn't see the development. But it is an...