Will the pellets work well for silkies and D'Uccles? I have a 50 lb bag of chick grower, should last until everyone is ready to switch to layer feed. (I assume once they are mature, even bantams go onto layer feed?)
Not surprised on that! Orpingtons are very popular pet chickens. They are pretty, gold and fluffy. Friendly and calm, don't fly away, either. If they go broody, they stop laying. So that does cut down on egg production some. The fun factor of watching a mom with her chicks made up for it to us. Problem was all the little roosters that grew up from said chicks!Thank you for the thoughtful response ! You’re the second person to recommend orpingtons
I saw these smaller pellets at Tractor Supply.
How perfect!!! Thank you!! I'll let them finish the chick crumble bag then switch them over.
Cool, thanks.. I was hoping that was the case, after I bought the 50 lbs of chick crumbles
that should last until then (have 5 little beaks to feed).
Welcome to chickens and Arizona! I was surprised to see that Sedona is actually so much higher and cooler than Camp Verde, I used to live in Cordes and now back to black canyon. Anyway, I agree you can have pretty much any bird where you are due to your elevation. I've had a few different breeds from Privetts and some from Hoover's, and, FWIW, I got andalusians from both. The ones from Hoover's were much calmer and one even follows me around like a dog, vs the Privett andalusians were more like you'd expect a mediterranean bird. So, Anything you get from Hoover's should be quite calm, or at least much calmer than you'd expect just by reading the breed's literature. I had some of their amberlinks which were very calm. They needed a bit more help in the heat of Cordes than the sapphire gems, but were even calmer. The sapphires were also great, with just a bit less docile than the ambers. The sapphires had the larger eggs but the ambers had a much darker shell. Both those breeds (sex-links actually) laid most every day, 290 eggs per year. They all started laying about 18 weeks of age (hatched 11/14). Been wanting to try the midnight majesty marans, which appear to be a dominant black CZ, D109, and the calico princess which appears to be a chzech dominant red barred D459, they should also be calm birds that lay big eggs every day. Anyway, that's my two cents, and my wish list thrown in. Best of luck with whatever birds you end up trying!Hi friends! Just joined BYC after lurking for a while
