California - Northern

[OR4-hmom]

AmyPaperLady,
Just thinking aloud here, if you can't keep roosters do you need broody breeds? I'm outside town so boys aren't a problem except for DH, (light sleeper), but then I have to clear them out. I have some hens that brood as soon as days get longer and that will really cut down on egg production.

 

[AmyPaperlady]

My husband and I have decided to start with just 3 or 4, in case we find that chicken keeping isn't for us. Since I'm thinking it will be, I'd like to use one of my hens to raise the rest of my flock from day-old chicks (we can have up to 11--and the building I'm converting is 100 square feet, so plenty of room). My original original plan was to get a Silkie along with some larger birds, but I was having a hard time finding anyone that had Silkie pullets/hens with LF in the same flock.

 

[chiqita]

Yeah don't get one bantam with a bunch of large fowl. Warning the mf leghorns are not great layers if you care. Pity you aren't closer everything I actually have is on your list! ( MF leghorns ee OE marans)

 

[chiqita]

If you want a broody get a non hatchery orphington or maans in the first set you get. Those breeds are both broody breeds.


Have heard English orrphingtons are less broody anyone know if that is true?

 

[OR4-hmom]

Sounds like you thought it through better than I did!

I ordered sussex, rocks, brahmas, old English bantams, try getting eggs out of that group when the broody bug bites.

I do have BLRW's but they are pet quality, my boy has a triple leader he passes on to most of the young. They tend to be broody also.

ETA I saw broody in your prior post and instantly went to hatching eggs rather than chick raising. Wish I had thought of that when I had chicks all over my laundry room.

 

[OR4-hmom]

Yeah don't get one bantam with a bunch of large fowl. Warning the mf leghorns are not great layers if you care. Pity you aren't closer everything I actually have is on your list! ( MF leghorns ee OE marans)

Are they young? I've got a broody BLRW.

 

[gryeyes]

Got a call from my real estate broker: "Come get the keys - escrow closed and recorded today. It's yours, now."

I am heading out the door NOW.
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[OR4-hmom]

Amazing new Linda! So happy for you, after the sellers quirks that went really fast.

 

[chiqita]

No that's the young grow outs that survived and are at pol, laying or close to pol.

I did have chicks hatch this week but a lot are were as that are iffy putting with lf moms. I think I have one breese baby ( this could be a jubilee egg that fooled me it looks suspicious) and one marans mix that could go live with a momma if your coming down.

I put all the marans eggs I had in for a customer that wanted 20-60 chicks later in the year. I won't have more pure marans until the rooster situation improves and the gimps in my bathroom start laying again. This winter I expect to have what I've been told will, be sex linked olive eggers. Cl boy over marans hens. But I'm digressing...

 

[chiqita]

Got a call from my real estate broker: "Come get the keys - escrow closed and recorded today. It's yours, now."

I am heading out the door NOW.
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Happy happy joy joy!!!!!