I have always wanted Chooks. I finally got my yard fenced at the end of summer and got the last hatchlings of the year! The maximum number I can have in the City is 4, so I got only 4. The guy at the feed lot (we had to drive a long way to get there) clearly thought I was a stupid city girl since I wanted to pick out my own chicks, and I think he was thumbing his nose at me... long story short, I ended up with 2 roosters and 2 hens!!! Eeek! They are WONDERFUL, and they all climb into my lap to cuddle, and get along with eachother fine, but I do have to separate the boys from the girls, or they wear them out fast. I'm hoping to even out the hen ratio with some new additions as soon as the weather warms up. Forget the rules - my neighbors like them!
I may not be the idiot the guy at the feedlot thought I was, but I am a newbie, so if anyone could help me out, I have questions!! I'll only post one here:
Is it a myth that you can determine the gender of the chicks by the egg shape? I've heard rounded eggs hatch out hens, and pointy ones hatch out roosters.
Thanks for providing this awesome forum!
Froggi (me)
Oberon and Edmund (easter-egger roosters)
Winifred (Steel blue easter-egger hen, lays peach eggs)
and Charlotte (Black Australorp hen)
I may not be the idiot the guy at the feedlot thought I was, but I am a newbie, so if anyone could help me out, I have questions!! I'll only post one here:
Is it a myth that you can determine the gender of the chicks by the egg shape? I've heard rounded eggs hatch out hens, and pointy ones hatch out roosters.
Thanks for providing this awesome forum!
Froggi (me)
Oberon and Edmund (easter-egger roosters)
Winifred (Steel blue easter-egger hen, lays peach eggs)
and Charlotte (Black Australorp hen)
