Hello Fellow Chicken Friends,
I'm relatively new at raising chickens, but I have both hatched eggs and bought day old chicks during this past year. I noticed that the four chickens that came from the eggs I hatched are more friendly and comfortable around me than the four chickens that I ordered as day old chicks. Is this typical behavior, or is this an anomaly? I would like a couple more blue and/or green layers (since neither of the olive eggers I ordered are laying olive eggs--just brown and pinkish brown). I know that buying day old chicks is easier and more convenient in many ways, but I really like the chickens that like me and that fly onto my shoulder at any possible chance, which, in my case, were the chicks I hatched. Is this just a coincidence? I'm open to both options: buying eggs and hatching, or buying the day old chicks.
Thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks,
MaryZoe
I'm relatively new at raising chickens, but I have both hatched eggs and bought day old chicks during this past year. I noticed that the four chickens that came from the eggs I hatched are more friendly and comfortable around me than the four chickens that I ordered as day old chicks. Is this typical behavior, or is this an anomaly? I would like a couple more blue and/or green layers (since neither of the olive eggers I ordered are laying olive eggs--just brown and pinkish brown). I know that buying day old chicks is easier and more convenient in many ways, but I really like the chickens that like me and that fly onto my shoulder at any possible chance, which, in my case, were the chicks I hatched. Is this just a coincidence? I'm open to both options: buying eggs and hatching, or buying the day old chicks.
Thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks,
MaryZoe