I'm going to try my luck with hen hatched eggs. I'll let you know how it goes. I have a single non-Holland in my group of girls a buff orphington, who is crazy broody all the time. It was nice, she kept our eggs from freezing during the really cold spells. We always eat her eggs (when she's...
Some of my girls are laying some really pretty ivory colored eggs (which I adore, but know isn't to the SOP) but I have some that are laying nearly white eggs. This spring when I get some hatchings I'm going to pay special attention to those whiter ones and band or identify them somehow to put...
Hi all, I just wanted to check in on this thread as a fellow Barred Holland breeder. Well breeder may not be an accurate term as of yet, I purchased my stock from Ideal last spring and hoping to get my first hatched chicks this coming spring. I have 4 roosters and 12 hens, all very hardy...