BYC Café

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! Thanks for the coffee and Welcome, Agedog! Snow flurries here as well but supposed to warm up above freezing today.
Do black racers climb trees? DB needs a new perch!
Well, I guess I will start working on the chores. Have a great day!

 

[ronott1]

Thank you for responding I guess I don't have any broodies. However Amypea does like to sit on the next till about noon every day. Ms. Shelly is my overly talkative guinea. The other kids just sound off when they fly or if there is something to warn about

Broodiness has been lost to domestication mostly. It is quite rare but more common with Silkie and cochin hens.

If you want to hatch eggs anytime, an incubator is a good thing to own. If you do not have a rooster, you can purchase fertile eggs.

Guinea and chicken crosses are rare and have genetic problems. They will not be fertile

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning, Cafe. The pot was empty when I got here so I brewed another.
Everyone have a great day!

 

[ronott1]

Good morning, Cafe. The pot was empty when I got here so I brewed another.
Everyone have a great day!

Thanks!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Café, and welcome @agedog1.

Grandson's baseball team had their first baseball game of the season yesterday. They got thrashed. Game was stopped in the sixth inning 12 to 2. Apparently graduating 7 seniors last year has left a serious deficit. Grandson warned us that they were not good.

 

[Shadrach]

Broodiness has been lost to domestication mostly. It is quite rare but more common with Silkie and cochin hens.

If you want to hatch eggs anytime, an incubator is a good thing to own. If you do not have a rooster, you can purchase fertile eggs.

Guinea and chicken crosses are rare and have genetic problems. They will not be fertile

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I wish you would tell this to the hens here.
Out of 17 hens 11 have already gone broody this year.
None are Silkies or Cohin.

 

[007Sean]

I wish you would tell this to the hens here.
Out of 17 hens 11 have already gone broody this year.
None are Silkies or Cohin.

I think it has more to do with the way you keep your chickens, Shad
Over here their more incline to raise them for egg layers not rearing young, so the instinct to reproduce, go broody, has been bred out of them.
Yours are basically on their own, i mean you do look after them and all but don't keep them locked up in an enclosure their whole life....they have regressed back to their natural instinct to reproduce.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Did we see the results of @CapricornFarm 's allergy test?

I have not had it done yet, but thanks for thinking of me.

 

[CapricornFarm]

GM everyone, welcome Agedog!

 

[007Sean]

GM everyone, welcome Agedog!

Morning Cap, what do you have planned for today?