Zooweemama, if you're talking about the Delux Chick Corral, I don't think it's large enough to put around ANY small kiddie pool! They have them here (Monroe, WA) in the Farm Supply stores and they are only about 3 feet in diameter if I remember right! I've seen lots of kiddie pools but nothing that small!.. :-( ~David
Poo! Thank you! I was trying to come up with a way to brood my 2 geese coming tomorrow. That would give them plenty of room. The darn chicks can fly so I cannot brood them in rubber maid tubs for long without a top. I'd be afraid of them bailing. And def no roost as that would make them closer to the top. They love their roost! The chicks are in a kennel thing right now and they are blasting the bedding out of it all day long so I was considering my tubs but I don't have tops that I would want to put on.
Hi Deb,
Are you familiar with the WL breed? I did a little "White Leghorn Project" too recently. My broody Buff Orpington hatched out 2 Trader Joe eggs! I named them TJ and Tia Juanita. Of course, now they are 6 weeks old and Buffy wants nothing to do with them...chases them off and won't let them near the feed dish, etc. I feel sorry for the little white leghorns. The strange thing is, she still accepts the Welsummer "adoptee" that we snuck under her after she hatched her WL eggs?
I'm wondering if Buffy knows the WL are roosters and knows the Wellie is a pullet. Do hens make a distinction of gender of their chicks or could it just be more of a personality thing?
I want some WL hens for their white eggs. Do you think there's a chance one of these could be a pullet? Tia got her feathers long before TJ and has a smaller comb/wattles. However, they're both pretty red in the face????
What do you think, is it "possible" that Tia could be a pullet? When we move, I plan to incubate another dozen fertile TraderJoe eggs for more WL!
TJ (left) TiaJuanita (right)
For those of you that do keep Roosters- how often do you 'change them out'. Chickens have 2-3 good egg laying years and if they aren't pets either get sold or eaten after that. How long do you personally hang on to your Roosters using them for breeding? Books say one thing, but I have read a lot of varying info on this topic.
I decided to take some pictures. I have Heritage RIRs now. The big guy comes from Dick Horstman. He hatched by himself and I put him with the week and half old Creme legbars. The little chicks are Nelson line from Ron Fogelly. Notice how ratty he looks. This is an example of molting and slow feathering. The chicks hatched on Thursday.
Don't worry, I am keeping them separate.
This is one of my older Crested Creme Legbars. Boy is this guy Crested too:
Hi Deb,
Are you familiar with the WL breed? I did a little "White Leghorn Project" too recently. My broody Buff Orpington hatched out 2 Trader Joe eggs! I named them TJ and Tia Juanita. Of course, now they are 6 weeks old and Buffy wants nothing to do with them...chases them off and won't let them near the feed dish, etc. I feel sorry for the little white leghorns. The strange thing is, she still accepts the Welsummer "adoptee" that we snuck under her after she hatched her WL eggs?
I'm wondering if Buffy knows the WL are roosters and knows the Wellie is a pullet. Do hens make a distinction of gender of their chicks or could it just be more of a personality thing?
I want some WL hens for their white eggs. Do you think there's a chance one of these could be a pullet? Tia got her feathers long before TJ and has a smaller comb/wattles. However, they're both pretty red in the face????
What do you think, is it "possible" that Tia could be a pullet? When we move, I plan to incubate another dozen fertile TraderJoe eggs for more WL!
TJ (left) TiaJuanita (right)
Quote: He is very friendly so far. He really did not know what to think of the little ones. He kept chirping at me until I took him down to his brooder. He hangs out with three Creme legbars that are a week older, but smaller than him.
