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Great info VistaSRJ. Basically I didn't want to have to raise another batch of chicks, I thought once I did this, kept all the pullets and 1 male then it would be up to them. Then I was reading some post on BYC and someone commented "good luck with a hatchery chicken going broody", referring to...

Thanks for this comment. I don't have any intentions of showing, but I do want quality heritage birds that lay well and are hardy and still have some broody tendencies. I guess so many people just want hens for eggs that is they are happy when they don't go broody.

Thanks - I knew I'd have a palm-to-forehead when I got the SQ answer, and I did. My birds will be a year old in June, so I'm giving him the excuse of teenage hormones. When he was free ranging with the girls he would call them, tidbit them, gather them up with warning calls and was overall...

Sorry, what is SQ? Yup. Mine are lighter than what the standards say. I'm not raising them for show or anything, and I don't really care except I believe in utility, that's why we chose a heritage breed. They are here for eggs & meat, and will need to reproduce. We raised day-old hatchery...

Can you tell us of the benefits of non-hatchery chickens? I'm a newbie and have Silver & Golds from McMurray. Silvers are a bit slim/not as round as they should be. Golds look good to me, but I'm a newbie with no chicken background. Recently noted comments that my hatchery hens may seldom if...

Hello Oldhen and others! I have 6 GLW and 3 SilverLW + one gold roo and one silver roo from McMurray. They turned 29 weeks on Jan 9th and I am thrilled and amazed that they started laying on Dec 2 and have worked their way up in egg numbers to todays new record of 8 eggs from the 9 pullets. Is...

Thank you - Of course I couldn't find one today, but I'll be looking!

Thanks ChuskaMts! I shut them up in the pen about 4:30, then go back when it's really dark between 6 and 7 and shut the door as they're all inside on the roosts by then. I guess I got lazy this summer just locking them in the pen and not having to go back & shut the coop door. Wishful thinking...

Thanks ChuskaMtns, So are your guys shut up in the coop at night or is there a door open? I clean under the roosts every other day and they have shavings on the floor. There are two large hardcloth vents at each end. I have no worries about them in there with the door closed. What I'd really...

I have Golds & Silvers, now almost 6 months old, hitting winter. Last night was 12 degrees, high today was 38. When they say "cold hardy" does that mean really cold hardy? I don't have a chicken size door on the chicken house, just a 6 x 2 foot door. It leads to a secure 10 x 20 run with chicken...

Ericinga - Yes, these are from a hatchery. We got Wyadottes for their cold hardiness - this one will need feathers soon. We can easily be in the 40's at night by Sept. (I'm in the mountains). How long did it take for your Ameraucana to eventually feather out?

Newbie question: GLW Genetic Problem? Photo of my 5 week old chick. I got a straight run of 10 GLW and 10 SLW plus the freebie which turned out to be an Egyptian Fayoumas, so of 21 chicks this is the only one that has a problem. And except for no feathers or feathers that seem to be on backward...