I have a chick update! We had 4 chicks to start with, a buff polish, A BR, a silver laced wynadotte, and a black samatra. My samatra died which sucked because we can never find them at any feed store :(. We went back and got 2 new chicks, they are Brahmanas. But the mom won't let them eat or...
Ok so I just got my new chicks from my feed store!
A black samatra card Lola and she's super loud and cute
A silver laced wynadotte who is really quiet and sweet her name is Luna
A BR who is the only breed I've had before and she is called Rocko and she's super curious and likes to peck...
So, I am getting chicks this Friday
And I have 4 broody hens I don't know who I should give the chicks too
I have a black australorp who is the only one who has raised chicks before, but I want to give the other chockens a chance
I also have a BO who is super protective of other hens so I think...
Well it depends, how many eggs do you have in the incubator? Either way I think mom will do fine, cause it's best not to wait to put the chicks under momma, and there's a better chance she'll Accept them if you put them under her about an hour or two after they hatch. So I think the mom will do...
Thank you! I am thinking about getting some silkies, cause I've heard they are great chickens. I'm hoping they have some. I believe that some of our BA's are jersey Giants, but we aren't sure, our feed store makes lots of mistakes. But anyway, hopefully I can find some sultans, thanks for the...
No I don't, but I'm going to go check out the store tomorrow, and then I'll update you :)
A BA is a black australorp, they make great moms
We have BA's BO's, speckled Sussex, laced Wyandotte, Plymoth barred rock, EE/americaunas, Rhode Island reds, and New Hampshire reds. And 1 mixed breed of our...
This Friday I am getting my BO some baby chicks from my local feed store! We useually have our BA raise the chicks so this will be her first time!
Any chick breed suggestions?
Thank you for the advice, and yes. But the 4 times we have fostered chicks the mom has done just fine :) but do you recamend buying fertile eggs, or fostering
Ok so I have 2 right now, one is a Black autralorpe and the other is a tiny buff Orpington she's super skinny, I also think one of our Americans are broody but I thight they didn't get broody? But anyway, my austtalorpe is so mean, she SCREAMS, Ill take a video of it, and she pecks me :( but...