Beyond The Purple Door...Chat thread.

[chickens really]

The next Broody Chicken I'm letting her hatch out some.

 

[MysteryChicken]

My standard coop is downsized to 4 hens, & two roosters. It's a pretty big coop that can hold at least 20 large birds.

The only coop I have that's lacking space is the Bantam coop.

 

[chickens really]

My standard coop is downsized to 4 hens, & two roosters. It's a pretty big coop that can hold at least 20 large birds.

The only coop I have that's lacking space is the Bantam coop.

You have lots of Cockerel and Rooster in that pen though.

 

[MysteryChicken]

You have lots of Cockerel and Rooster in that pen though.

They don't fight over the hens. They actually share these girls, so it's peaceful.

 

[Duckfarmer1]

They were a nice bunch. Unfortunately with poultry of any species you need to keep the male population down. We butcher as necessary. We had 3 drakes but decided that was too many.

I do think my muscovy are beautiful. I have a couple of buffs and blues. My old lines would throw a lot of different colors. When I lost the last drake out of those we replaced him with a blue one. The drakes resemble him a lot. He went because he was attacking my roosters repeatedly.

I don't mind the claws because I seldom handle mine. I like that they roost too.

I like the roosting, but we had to clip wings because they were getting close to landing on cars and trucks...couldn’t risk it. I handle my birds a lot....I have a lot of scars to prove it. One very long one down my leg, when I was trying to get a good picture of them all eating from my lap...how dumb am I?!

 

[Duckfarmer1]

They don't fight over the hens. They actually share these girls, so it's peaceful.

Do the girls think so too?

 

[Duckfarmer1]

I'm only trying to help..
Ask Kayla if she learned from her mistakes? She got over whelmed...❤

Don’t mean to butt in...I got overwhelmed with ducks, and now have learned from mistakes. And, as for the rooster ratio...if it were me, I would consider penning them separate until the new birds are old enough if you intend to keep them both for all the hens. If the cockerel/roosters aren’t fighting yet...they will, and the hens will pay the price. I’m only saying this because I have hens who have bare backs and are beaten up from a rooster that needed culled. He’s gone now. If the hens are stressed over roosters...they won’t lay. They can get sick too. I don’t mean to be nosy...I’m just telling you my experience.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I got my peeps.
They didn't have anymore EEs.
2 Buff Orps, 1 male, 1 female.

2 American Cuckoo Marans, 1 female 1 possible male.

1 Silver Duckwing OEGB pullet

1 Questionable Golden SeBright.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Do the girls think so too?

Yes.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I ordered my chicks. They included a new hatch date.
The hatch date I chose is March 30th.