Consolidated Kansas

[CayugaJana]

Yes I have definitely learned that. They need routine. I plan on letting them roam the yard during the day (it's fenced) and putting them in the shed at night. I say it's a shed but it's pretty nice. Just during the winter. Its a pretty decent set up. I just love them. They let me pet them for the most part and like to nibble, it's so cute.

 

[Trish44]

My ducks kind of wait in the driveway usually for me to come herd them to their pen, but they know as soon as I tell them where they need to go & it's the duck parade going down the hill to the pen.

 

[Ralph Moyer]

 

[Ralph Moyer]

One of My Black Copper Marians hens hatched all but one of the 15 eggs she was brooding. I use portable nests, so that when a hen goes broody, she can be moved to a separate pen. I usually substitute eggs of breeds I want to hatch. These chicks are from Silkie, Cream laybar, and BCM eggs. The hens have a far better hatch rate than I do with an incubator, and take care of them, regardless, whether the chick is a chicken, guinea, turkey, or peacock.

 

[CayugaJana]

One of My Black Copper Marians hens hatched all but one of the 15 eggs she was brooding. I use portable nests, so that when a hen goes broody, she can be moved to a separate pen. I usually substitute eggs of breeds I want to hatch. These chicks are from Silkie, Cream laybar, and BCM eggs. The hens have a far better hatch rate than I do with an incubator, and take care of them, regardless, whether the chick is a chicken, guinea, turkey, or peacock.

Do they normally lay their eggs in your portable nests?

 

[Ralph Moyer]

Yes they lay better in these barrel nest, then regular nest boxes.

 

[elliefeather]

Hey, there! Does anyone know where I could buy a pair of Pomeranian geese? I haven’t had much luck looking online, yet.

 

[Trish44]

@Ralph Moyer wow that's a lot of chicks! I hadn't really planned to have chicks this time of year but I ended up with 5 Welsummers & 7 Japanese Ohiki Bantam chicks. The little bantam hen decided to hatch another clutch so I let her sit. I got almost all roosters in the batch she hatched in the spring, so I was wanting to see if I can get any more pullets, hopefully there are some in this batch.

 

[Ralph Moyer]

Trish, I think the BCM is male, due to the copper coloring, but as several are Silkies, I'll have to wait,till they get bigger. The BCM do have a sharp beak, and they do not hesitate, to use it, to protect their chicks!

 

[Trish44]

Trish, I think the BCM is male, due to the copper coloring, but as several are Silkies, I'll have to wait,till they get bigger. The BCM do have a sharp beak, and they do not hesitate, to use it, to protect their chicks!

I have a couple of BCMs in my laying flock but I don't raise them any more. The older one is one I kept when I got rid of my breeding group & then I have a young one that hasn't laid yet that I got with some other eggs by accident. I imagine the BCMs are fierce mommas. I never let any set when I was raising them. I didn't have a lot of luck with that breed. I ended up with egg eaters in that pen & gave up on them.