How is your flock today?

[416bigbore]

Right, I have 3 Black Australorp hens. My roo is a Buff Orpington. The three pullets are 2 Blue Jersey Giants and a Jubilee Orp.

I'm glad it's November. I have about 5-6 months before chick fever hits too badly. I can figure out if I want more Aussies, probably sexed pullets from TSC. Or maybe hatch some chicks, in which case I need a plan for the cockerels. I'd also need a serious broody hen, as I don't have an incubator.

Another idea that's kicking around in my head is to buy some Arkansas Blue eggs from 1muttsfan, and maybe get some blue eggers in my flock. I'm kind of ga-ga about blue eggs too.

I understand where you are coming from, chicken math at it's best! LOL

I am wanting to phase out our original 4 Isa Brown hens and go with a more solid pure breed of chicken and continue with it as a duel purpose bird and incubate as needed to replenish our flock.

In all honesty I preferer duck eggs over chicken and if I would have known our ducks were going to be such great layers, I would have not bought those 4 Isa Browns chicks at the same time we got our ducklings.

Don't get me wrong, chickens are just as awesome as ducks!

 

[TropicalBabies]

I understand where you are coming from, chicken math at it's best! LOL

I am wanting to phase out our original 4 Isa Brown hens and go with a more solid pure breed of chicken and continue with it as a duel purpose bird and incubate as needed to replenish our flock.

In all honesty I preferer duck eggs over chicken and if I would have known our ducks were going to be such great layers, I would have not bought those 4 Isa Browns chicks at the same time we got our ducklings.

Don't get me wrong, chickens are just as awesome as ducks!

I want ducks ♡♡♡ they are beautiful!

 

[416bigbore]

I want ducks ♡♡♡ they are beautiful!

Ducks are super awesome, only if a person understands that they are very messy and higher maintenance over chickens. They LOVE their water and could care less about the muddy mess they make.

 

[416bigbore]

@TropicalBabies , I call them our little mud magnets. LOL

 

[TropicalBabies]

@TropicalBabies , I call them our little mud magnets. LOL View attachment 2903855

I still want ducks ♡ I just live in the wrong spot for them ☹

 

[416bigbore]

I still want ducks ♡ I just live in the wrong spot for them ☹

I am guessing you have no native ducks there?

 

[Flockincrazy]

Hello and welcome to our small group. How many eggs were you getting a day?

82 I'm good though we have plenty

 

[TropicalBabies]

I am guessing you have no native ducks there?

We have a Koloa duck that looks much like the Mallard.

And we have Nene geese, that look much like the Canadian. Must have been some windy days a few 1,000 years ago.

 

[TropicalBabies]

82 I'm good though we have plenty

My chickens flip me the bird in summer and go on strike. Winter we are all like teenagers. Just happy for the cool temps.

 

[BlueBaby]

WHAT! Duck eggs? Is this coming from the same person who told me some time back that they would never get duck? LOL

Well, I wanted the experience of hatching something besides just chicken's. I had 2 more of the Bielefelder chick's hatch out this evening, a girl and finally a boy!