- May 23, 2009
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HI,
New to this list. I have had chickens just about my whole life. I've never lived anywhere but in the "suburbs". It seems like chickens move into the neighborhood around me too. Maybe people just never thought of it before hearing my roosters crow. Does anyone else see that happening?
I have a flock of about 10, half hens and half roosters. I've taken the product of kindergarten egg hatching lessons for a few years. This year was THE WORST! NONE of the classes had ANY hatch. I only had one (a turken), and s/he was deformed and finally succumbed. They weren't all my eggs either, I got some from a local bird sanctuary. I have two Plymouth Rocks, one Rhode Island Red and two kind of blond hens. My roosters are all mutts, one reminds me of Elvis for some reason. Oh, and I have three baby chicks in the bathroom, a leghorn, an Auracana(?) and a RIR (my personal favorite).
Years ago I played a joke on my husband (maybe I've finally found a group that can appreciate this). We had a hen who was broody. I told my husband that I had marked some eggs that she had been sitting on and we were just going to let her have them (so don't collect them.) In reality I had bought some fertilized eggs at a health food store. (I might add we had no roosters at that point). Three weeks later he came running in the house screaming, "You're not gonna believe this, it's a miracle!" (and no, we don't believe in miracles.) (He had found the three baby chicks she hatched). We had a good laugh.
New to this list. I have had chickens just about my whole life. I've never lived anywhere but in the "suburbs". It seems like chickens move into the neighborhood around me too. Maybe people just never thought of it before hearing my roosters crow. Does anyone else see that happening?
I have a flock of about 10, half hens and half roosters. I've taken the product of kindergarten egg hatching lessons for a few years. This year was THE WORST! NONE of the classes had ANY hatch. I only had one (a turken), and s/he was deformed and finally succumbed. They weren't all my eggs either, I got some from a local bird sanctuary. I have two Plymouth Rocks, one Rhode Island Red and two kind of blond hens. My roosters are all mutts, one reminds me of Elvis for some reason. Oh, and I have three baby chicks in the bathroom, a leghorn, an Auracana(?) and a RIR (my personal favorite).
Years ago I played a joke on my husband (maybe I've finally found a group that can appreciate this). We had a hen who was broody. I told my husband that I had marked some eggs that she had been sitting on and we were just going to let her have them (so don't collect them.) In reality I had bought some fertilized eggs at a health food store. (I might add we had no roosters at that point). Three weeks later he came running in the house screaming, "You're not gonna believe this, it's a miracle!" (and no, we don't believe in miracles.) (He had found the three baby chicks she hatched). We had a good laugh.
