Vadybug
In the Brooder
- Apr 25, 2020
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Hello! I have been a chicken owner for the past 2 years. We originally had 11 hens: 2 White Leghorns, 2 Black Australorps, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Easter Egger, 2 Barred Rocks and 1 Rhode Island Red. Pearl, one of our Barred Rocks died on the 4th of July at 5 months old. We later got a Black Copper Maran Rooster from a friend but he didn’t work out...eventually ravaging 2 hens from preferential over mating and he became very aggressive and I couldn’t enjoy my girls.
We recently got 6 more hens: 1 Lake shore Egger, 1 Green Queen, 1 Olive Egger, 1 Exchequer Leghorn, 1 Golden Laced Wyandot and 1 Delaware. The new girls are only 7 weeks old. My husband wanted ducks so we also have 1 Blue Swedish hen, 1 Buff hen, 1 Walsh Harlequin hen, 1 Mallard hen and 1 Mallard drake, also 7 weeks old.
I’m looking forward to watching them all grow and introduce the new hens to the existing flock. Duck eggs are going to be nice and I can’t wait to see all the new colors!
The crazy thing is now that we don’t have a rooster, I believe that 1 of our White Leghorns is growing spurs and she occasionally flogs us like a rooster and likes to torment me with her guarding behavior, but she is still laying eggs. Has this happened to anyone else? Looking forward to hearing from you all!
We recently got 6 more hens: 1 Lake shore Egger, 1 Green Queen, 1 Olive Egger, 1 Exchequer Leghorn, 1 Golden Laced Wyandot and 1 Delaware. The new girls are only 7 weeks old. My husband wanted ducks so we also have 1 Blue Swedish hen, 1 Buff hen, 1 Walsh Harlequin hen, 1 Mallard hen and 1 Mallard drake, also 7 weeks old.
I’m looking forward to watching them all grow and introduce the new hens to the existing flock. Duck eggs are going to be nice and I can’t wait to see all the new colors!
The crazy thing is now that we don’t have a rooster, I believe that 1 of our White Leghorns is growing spurs and she occasionally flogs us like a rooster and likes to torment me with her guarding behavior, but she is still laying eggs. Has this happened to anyone else? Looking forward to hearing from you all!
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