So I'm expanding my coop & run this summer, & this means I'll be able to get a few more birds. I currently only have two hens, who are the very best of friends. What I'd really really like is to wait until one of my girl next turns broody, and get her some babies
I live in an urban setting so I definitely cannot have a roo.
Here are my total newby questions!
1) Is it better to get foster eggs or foster chicks?
2) Is it ever possible to guarantee girl babies?
3) Would she accept a different breed, e.g. some sort of bantam?
4) How would the other hen react? Would I need to separate them?
5) How would the chicks integrate into the flock as they grew?
6) Probably the most important of them all - my hens have both had a respiratory infection (I think from a garden bird) and so are presumably carriers. Is it just too dangerous to introduce chicks?
And anything else you think I should know!
Thanks in advance! x
Here are my total newby questions!
1) Is it better to get foster eggs or foster chicks?
2) Is it ever possible to guarantee girl babies?
3) Would she accept a different breed, e.g. some sort of bantam?
4) How would the other hen react? Would I need to separate them?
5) How would the chicks integrate into the flock as they grew?
6) Probably the most important of them all - my hens have both had a respiratory infection (I think from a garden bird) and so are presumably carriers. Is it just too dangerous to introduce chicks?
And anything else you think I should know!
Thanks in advance! x
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