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.

 

[Debbie292d]

You might want to visit Ms. Viss' Classroom Hatch Along just for some inspiration if nothing else. I'm sure she'd answer any questions for you too.

Here's some info on those two breeds from here.

Legbars

Orpingtons

You might find your more specific variety of the breed within those articles the author linked.

 

[Erinnlyn]

You might want to visit Ms. Viss' Classroom Hatch Along just for some inspiration if nothing else. I'm sure she'd answer any questions for you too.

Here's some info on those two breeds from here.

Legbars

Orpingtons

You might find your more specific variety of the breed within those articles the author linked.

Oh thank you for those links!

 

[Erinnlyn]

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.

Awesome. Thank you for the article link. Yes, I have 2 bachelor boys. I'd prefer to keep it to just my 2! I'm sure the class would be able to find good homes for any boys that they need to. I do love roosters though. They are so entertaining to watch. I'm also in the Rooster Allies facebook group and have a copy of "Through Their Eyes", a book about befriending roosters. Thanks again for the info!!

 

[thecatumbrella]

Awesome. Thank you for the article link. Yes, I have 2 bachelor boys. I'd prefer to keep it to just my 2! I'm sure the class would be able to find good homes for any boys that they need to. I do love roosters though. They are so entertaining to watch. I'm also in the Rooster Allies facebook group and have a copy of "Through Their Eyes", a book about befriending roosters. Thanks again for the info!!

Oh wow! Then you must already be a rooster whisperer!
Fingers crossed for pullets, then? I hope you'll post photos of the hatch and let us know how it goes.