Hi all im new here.
Im just getting back into chooks after i stopped breeding bantys in my teenage years(pets not show)
Hubby and the kids and I are building up our backyard flock with leghornxnew hampshires and a couple of silkies(just coz they are so cute)
Im also picking up a couple of what the farmer told me are called "light-liners?"
and some Australopes in a few weeks.
I have a couple of questions for some smart chooky folk.
1. i bought the hens for $5 eac from a barn style egg farm that is closing down, they are 18mths old.
They have NEVER been with a rooster before and never allowed to go broody. my ? is will they go broody now that they have the room and boxes and that a rooster is in there?
2.theya re VERY bossy towards my silky roo who of course all his xmas's have come at once with these tall leggy birds moving in, he can olny seem to mate them if he corners them or some how sneak up on them otherwise they chase him, ? Do they maybe need a bigger rooster who doesnt take any nonsense from them?
3.How easy is it to build an incubator just small one?
i had one when i was a kid made out of an old esky but over the years seems to have gone walkabout. any help would be great.
Cheers Happyhenz
Im just getting back into chooks after i stopped breeding bantys in my teenage years(pets not show)
Hubby and the kids and I are building up our backyard flock with leghornxnew hampshires and a couple of silkies(just coz they are so cute)
Im also picking up a couple of what the farmer told me are called "light-liners?"
and some Australopes in a few weeks.
I have a couple of questions for some smart chooky folk.
1. i bought the hens for $5 eac from a barn style egg farm that is closing down, they are 18mths old.
They have NEVER been with a rooster before and never allowed to go broody. my ? is will they go broody now that they have the room and boxes and that a rooster is in there?
2.theya re VERY bossy towards my silky roo who of course all his xmas's have come at once with these tall leggy birds moving in, he can olny seem to mate them if he corners them or some how sneak up on them otherwise they chase him, ? Do they maybe need a bigger rooster who doesnt take any nonsense from them?
3.How easy is it to build an incubator just small one?
i had one when i was a kid made out of an old esky but over the years seems to have gone walkabout. any help would be great.
Cheers Happyhenz
