- Aug 28, 2014
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My Black Swedish has gone broody again. Hadn't seen her leave the next box for more than a week until this morning. Really hoping this batch hatches. Her last one didn't. Poor girl was sitting on the nest for a month and a half with no luck from Thanksgiving to New Year's
If it works, I'll have Pekin mixes for everybody (Pekin drakes over Black Swedish, Pekin and Rouen hens, maybe even a chocolate Muscovy). Speaking of 'Scovies though, if you need to get rid of a drake before they go crazy and have to go to freezer camp, I'm pretty darn sure the chocolate 'Scovy's a girl now. Initially, she was getting so much bigger so much faster than the little lavender one that we thought she was a drake, but alas, I don't think so. She hasn't grown at all in months and still doesn't have the caruncle growth or size I'd think of as male. Plus, she trills everywhere. She is such a sweetie
On another note, About half of my 'pullets' appear to be roos, so I'll likely have some to rehome later.
Looks like I have these roos now: two EEs, one bantam light Brahma (supposed to be a standard pullet, but really does look like a bantam roo now), one buff Orp, one Welsummer, one miscellaneous red chick, and up to three partridge Cochins/ dark Brahmas (can't tell the difference yet--came from an assorted bin, and nobody knew what was in it). Tally on pullets looks like 1 Brahma, 1 Welsummer, 2 Australorps, 1 Jersey Giant, maybe one of the three Cohin.Brahmas, 1 GL Wyandotte, 1 SL Wyandotte, and three EEs (of the 6+ I purchased)--all standards.
