Napolean... perfect!! Poor guy... we've had a big learning curve with these chickens. We started with 12 barrred rock chicks. One morning came out to 5. We're assuming that was a raccoon. Then we put the coop in the backyard and put our lab out at night to keep coons away. A few nights... all was well. Then suddenly the lab developed a taste for chicken and got several more. We went back and got some more chicks and that's when we also got the Nankins. They are definitely my favorites.
Their temperaments (the Nankins) are great. Really nice and calm and gentle. Couldn't ask for a better rooster my first time out.
Thanks for all the encouraging words about the staggered hatch. I have two that are supposed to hatch today, although pretty sure one is a dud. But there is no movement so far from either egg. I'm not having high hopes about today's eggs. Then I have one due tomorrow, one the next day, and one the next day.
Then, we have two different batches due on June 6 and June 9.
Ugh... I won't do this again.