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Bantam Chickens on a Pocket Prairie
Is Louie your new avatar pic? What a cool looking chicken!!I have finally decided to give him a name. His name is now Louie.
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Is Louie your new avatar pic? What a cool looking chicken!!I have finally decided to give him a name. His name is now Louie.
I am an earlier bird.. but Big Ben would be too early even for me!!That fits him!
And Big Ben is crowing again.
I did put one of the ceramic eggs in their area, and within a few days Nala laid! They seemed to be huffing and puffing a lot before then.. like they could feel some change coming on. I have only had one egg outside of their spot one time, but they had just started, so it might have been an ooopsie egg!He's pretty. I like his speckled coloring.
So far, I haven't noticed any breeding in my group. One pullet/hen is the right age to lay, and the other two are a week or two behind her in age. I put a pair of ceramic eggs in the nest box so they might take the hint. One of them smeared a little dirt on a ceramic egg. Guess it looks a little more real now.
Sounds like a great set up, do you have photos of your set up & Holland chickens?My project for the day was to put up wind blockers on the north side of the breezy "summer" coop which is now the egg layer +Roger coop since I turned the newly rebuilt "winter" coop into the Holland breeding pens (not yet breeding or even laying).
I got the door and a good portion of the north side wind blockers on this afternoon! They should be much happier/warmer now. Yesterday started out 33 (but felt like 21 with the windchill). I just used part of a roll of clear UV stable heavy duty woven landscape fabric that I had in storage. It's actually very good as a wind block and the clear color still lets light in!
No, but in the beginning they are probably like “what was that!” He is gorgeous, what is his breed?Do young roos lose their crow? Big Ben crowed the first few days he was here, but I haven't heard him since. He seems OK otherwise. I miss hearing him sing. Edited to add a pic of him.View attachment 2391959
Sounds like you have a great flock, Amy photo’s? After visiting & seeing Rodger, we named our cockerel Rojer. Rodger but with a French sounding twist. He is a Biefelder. He & his guard dog are always hanging together.He's doing pretty well I think. He cuddles up with some of the ladies now that he goes up the ladder. He seems to like the Crested Cream Legbar so I'm hoping for some fertile eggs to hatch for more blue/green/olive egg layers. I'd love to see what those chicks turn out like! He also likes the White Leghorn but I don't think I'll hatch those. He can't really touch the bossy top bird a Wyandotte, although he keeps trying to woo her with treats. She's too much --she's so big & beautiful I thought she might be a rooster when she was little...LOL.
This is the original winter coop... we demolished it to build a chicken fortress.Sounds like a great set up, do you have photos of your set up & Holland chickens?
Sounds like you have a great flock, Amy photo’s? After visiting & seeing Rodger, we named our cockerel Rojer. Rodger but with a French sounding twist. He is a Biefelder. He & his guard dog are always hanging together.View attachment 2393134
Is Louie your new avatar pic? What a cool looking chicken!!