School hatching project

[Erinnlyn]

Hi all!
My daughter's awesome special education teachers have coordinated a small scale chick hatching project just for her -to get her to talk and communicate back and forth better! She is (we are) beyond excited! We have contacted an NPIP breeder here in central Missouri and she's going to give us 8 eggs for the project. We've decided on getting 4 Cream Legbar eggs, and 4 Jubilee Orpington eggs next week. I hear a lot of people love these breeds, but we've never had either one. Does anybody have either of these and what are they like? I'm particularly worried about the little boy babies. I'm hoping the roosters will be good around people. Thanks!

 

[thecatumbrella]

These are fantastic breeds! You can sex the Cream Legbars at hatch. Females will have dark stripes like a chipmunk, and the males should have a large white dot on the head. Jubilee Orpingtons are stunning, and Orpingtons, in general, tend to be docile friendly birds. You'll likely only be able to keep 1 male with your flock size (unless you hatch mostly males and want to keep a bachelor flock).

Here is a fantastic article on roosters that I have bookmarked for myself. It helps you to understand their mentality, potential causes for aggression, etc.