- Apr 23, 2011
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I have 12. Asked for 10, gave me 12, didn't lose any. They are now 24 weeks and all are laying except 1, maybe 2. I am averaging 10 a day right now. One nice thing i noticed is they all are done laying by noon. My last batch of mixed would lay till 4 or even 5 pm. I really like that. I go out at noon, and that's it. So far, the eggs are white or a bit cream colored, nice hard shells. I am very happy with them.
On the personality side if one is interested, they are always around looking for goodies when I am outside with them. They don't like to be picked up, but I never messed with them much either, but they love to follow me around and no problems getting under my feet( I was hoping they kept a better distance, but that is fine). They are very hardy, pretty doggone fast around the yard, I call them little road runners. Very alert, pretty active, which I like. They are a bit flighty, but not as much as I had read. No where near for example, the Minorca. I suppose if you don't have a rooster to bug them, they really don't want to wander out of the yard. I have about a 1/2 acre backyard for them to forage in. My fence is 6 and 4 feet high, they could easily fly over them both with not much effort if they wanted. I did have one I found sitting on the fence, looking at our neighbors yard, and jumped over. But she easily flew back over when I went over there. She hasn't done it since.
They do like to roost in the trees at night, but so far not too high that I can't get them down. So far, in the winter months here in TX, the tree has dropped it's leaves, they are happily in their coop when I go out to close it. They do like the open spaces(not so bright at night, nice and glowing white for a big owl looking for tasty yum yums), and may deal with this again come spring or summer.
I had 2 that laid eggs outside of the nest boxes. I would put a box of nesting material there when I found it, and for some reason, they would stop laying there. So far, they all lay in the nest boxes, they especially like the one I have on the outside of the coop.
I haven't noticed them to be mean, but they are tough on each other. I have one that will kind of stand up to me, but she has'nt tried anything.
They are superior in the heat
They are a very hardy healthy bird
lay daily
quick and forage well.
grade A+
On the personality side if one is interested, they are always around looking for goodies when I am outside with them. They don't like to be picked up, but I never messed with them much either, but they love to follow me around and no problems getting under my feet( I was hoping they kept a better distance, but that is fine). They are very hardy, pretty doggone fast around the yard, I call them little road runners. Very alert, pretty active, which I like. They are a bit flighty, but not as much as I had read. No where near for example, the Minorca. I suppose if you don't have a rooster to bug them, they really don't want to wander out of the yard. I have about a 1/2 acre backyard for them to forage in. My fence is 6 and 4 feet high, they could easily fly over them both with not much effort if they wanted. I did have one I found sitting on the fence, looking at our neighbors yard, and jumped over. But she easily flew back over when I went over there. She hasn't done it since.
They do like to roost in the trees at night, but so far not too high that I can't get them down. So far, in the winter months here in TX, the tree has dropped it's leaves, they are happily in their coop when I go out to close it. They do like the open spaces(not so bright at night, nice and glowing white for a big owl looking for tasty yum yums), and may deal with this again come spring or summer.
I had 2 that laid eggs outside of the nest boxes. I would put a box of nesting material there when I found it, and for some reason, they would stop laying there. So far, they all lay in the nest boxes, they especially like the one I have on the outside of the coop.
I haven't noticed them to be mean, but they are tough on each other. I have one that will kind of stand up to me, but she has'nt tried anything.
They are superior in the heat
They are a very hardy healthy bird
lay daily
quick and forage well.
grade A+
