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swallace said:
Hello from Central Pennsylvania!

 My daughter (married and in a house a few miles away) and I just got our first chickens today!!!  We have talked about it for years but today was the day!!  :-D 

Can anyone recommend a local source for an Araucanas/Ameraucanas pullet?  I would love to add one to the small flock for the cool egg color.  My granddaughter is 3 years old and I am sure will be tickled to have some colorful eggs!

Thanks for any suggestions!  I look forward to getting to know you all and having those more experienced to bounce questions off of.  

Shannon
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Welcome to BYC!


urbanabanana said:
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that!
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Thanks. Can't wait until one of my girls goes broody again.... ;)
 
Hi everyone.My hubby and I enjoy raising chickens just as a hobby together here in Punxsutawney home of the famous forecasting groundhog.We enjoy bantys and ortamental types and I love my ducks.Now for my question for those who I know know much more than we.We have a sweet medium size banty she will hatch out anything and raise last year it was guineas well this year we were hopeing to use her for some of our turkey eggs.But how many eggs do you feel she could brood.Keep in mind last year she raised 9 guineas?​
 
mananna59 said:
Hi everyone.My hubby and I enjoy raising chickens just as a hobby together here in Punxsutawney home of the famous forecasting groundhog.We enjoy bantys and ortamental types and I love my ducks.Now for my question for those who I know know much more than we.We have a sweet medium size banty she will hatch out anything and raise last year it was guineas well this year we were hopeing to use her for some of our turkey eggs.But how many eggs do you feel she could brood.Keep in mind last year she raised 9 guineas?​
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Hello and welcome from Glen Campbell area!


I agree with MotorcycleChick, her scientific method is the best we have found for setting hens!:D
 
mananna59 said:
Hi everyone.My hubby and I enjoy raising chickens just as a hobby together here in Punxsutawney home of the famous forecasting groundhog.We enjoy bantys and ortamental types and I love my ducks.Now for my question for those who I know know much more than we.We have a sweet medium size banty she will hatch out anything and raise last year it was guineas well this year we were hopeing to use her for some of our turkey eggs.But how many eggs do you feel she could brood.Keep in mind last year she raised 9 guineas?​
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Welcome from the Patton area!
 
background info: we have a run with a coop on each end. There is a door in the middle that can open/close to separate the run area into 2 runs. Layers are in one coop. Chicks growing out in the other. They have been able to see each other for the past 2ish weeks between the closed run door in the middle.

Screened the door between the big girls and the chicks (8-9 weeks) and made a few openings across the bottom for the little chicks to squeeze through, but not the big girls. Big girls stick their heads through the holes, but chicks are pretty skittish of any contact and pretty much avoid the panic holes.

Opened the "screen door" today just to see how they all mix. Big girls mostly ignored chicks, but when the treats disappeared, they became more interested in the chicks and the chick area. Chased, grabbed feathers, etc. Nothing too torturous, but chicks are terrified and stayed hidden under the coop. Too much drama, so I closed the divider door so the chicks would come out. It was open for 3 hours and no blood.

Should I continue to do this each day - opening the door for a few hours trying to integrate the littles with the bigs? I thought with 11 chicks and 8 layers, the chicks would have the advantage of numbers and show a bit more dominance, but they are scared to death.

Do you think the chicks will ever explore the panic holes and venture over to the layer pen?
 
I got a wonderful surprise with my hatch today!

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And i was starting to think that none of my birds were carriers of the lavender gene! These 3 get to stay here and grow out :)
 

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