Polish Thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jenniferlamar70]

Besides the bantam roo how many other chickens are going to your grandmother's?  If she's elderly you may not want to give her more than 4 or 5 chickens to handle at first.  I'm elderly and 4 hens is as much as I can handle with feedling, watering, health maintenance preventative checks and treatments, coop cleaning, vet visits, etc.  Plus, with a roo, one of the hens might raise chicks and she'll have a yard full of chickens to manage - unless she is already experienced in chicken keeping?

No worries we've got that all covered lol we are setting up an auto waterer and feeder. I'll be down there once a week to clean the coop during our weekly visit. We are giving her 4 hens for obvious reasons. Don't want the girls to get to worked over lol. None of the hens I have given her are known for going broody and over the time I've had them they have never gone broody so no chance at chicks unless she incubated them. If for some reason one did go broody we would find a home for the chicks.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Trust me I wouldn't ever give my grandparents more then they could handle. They are the most important people to me in this world..

 

[Chickensfan]

LUV the "Hats" name for him! And your Partridge Silkie reminds me of ours!

yes, love silkies too!

 

[Sylvester017]

No worries we've got that all covered lol we are setting up an auto waterer and feeder. I'll be down there once a week to clean the coop during our weekly visit. We are giving her 4 hens for obvious reasons. Don't want the girls to get to worked over lol. None of the hens I have given her are known for going broody and over the time I've had them they have never gone broody so no chance at chicks unless she incubated them. If for some reason one did go broody we would find a home for the chicks.

Roos pick favorite hen(s) to mate so he can still over-mate just one hen to the exclusion of the others. Time will tell how it all works out - grandma will have to watch if he has a favorite hen or if he's an equal-opportunity roo

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[jenniferlamar70]

Roos pick favorite hen(s) to mate so he can still over-mate just one hen to the exclusion of the others.  Time will tell how it all works out - grandma will have to watch if he has a favorite hen or if he's an equal-opportunity roo .

Well right now he is in the coop with all my hens and seems to be an equal opportunity roo lmao. The girls aren't to fone of him poor guy lol. She has decided to take an olive egger roo instead since they are standard size. She wants to free range without having to worry about the cats lol.

 

[Sylvester017]

Well right now he is in the coop with all my hens and seems to be an equal opportunity roo lmao. The girls aren't to fone of him poor guy lol. She has decided to take an olive egger roo instead since they are standard size. She wants to free range without having to worry about the cats lol.

That sounds like a good plan - she can test out the cat reactions around the chickens. A few hens can really do a number on cats. I've had a screaming Silkie hen lead a pack of 2 large fowl and another Silkie by chasing out a feral cat that dared to enter the yard! But then I've also read stories of pet cats or dogs that killed chickens so you just never know. You are being extra cautious so it should turn out well

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[jenniferlamar70]

That sounds like a good plan - she can test out the cat reactions around the chickens.  A few hens can really do a number on cats.  I've had a screaming Silkie hen lead a pack of 2 large fowl and another Silkie by chasing out a feral cat that dared to enter the yard!  But then I've also read stories of pet cats or dogs that killed chickens so you just never know.  You are being extra cautious so it should turn out well .

Yeah I would hate to see anything happen to them. I think the standards will be ok though. Wish us luck lol I'll make sure to update in a month or so.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yeah I would hate to see anything happen to them. I think the standards will be ok though. Wish us luck lol I'll make sure to update in a month or so.

You all are being extra cautious and thinking it through so you've got it covered. I'm a worrier so I like caution -- it's my middle name LOL!

 

[jenniferlamar70]

You all are being extra cautious and thinking it through so you've got it covered.  I'm a worrier so I like caution -- it's my middle name LOL!

Lol me too

 

[Chicken5555]

Just for fun!!
I love taking pictures of my Polish Crested chickens
1st is Ozzie.... 2nd is Marley