Silence Is Not Golden Here

[Zinjifrah]

Do you just put like a little stick or straw down in it and gently stir to break it up?

I usually use a metal paperclip, unfolded - any slender, rigid object should work - and stir pretty firmly to make sure everything's scrambled up.

 

[Zinjifrah]

That's more than I would've thought. Just hatched my first chick to keep and I've got the itch but all I've got is the one tiny broody. Somebody stop me!

That poor little broody is all alone in the world, with no eggs to call her own.

 

[Cyprus]

That's more than I would've thought. Just hatched my first chick to keep and I've got the itch but all I've got is the one tiny broody. Somebody stop me!

Most banties can sit on 4-6 standard eggs

 

[jwyles]

That poor little broody is all alone in the world, with no eggs to call her own.

This is not what I meant by somebody stop me!

 

[Conan]

My Bantam Cochin sits on a whole dozen. If they're fertile, they hatch! They are definitely fluffier than many bantams though.

 

[jwyles]

My Bantam Cochin sits on a whole dozen. If they're fertile, they hatch! They are definitely fluffier than many bantams though.

Yes and my bantam conchin is much bigger than this little d'uccle I've got broody right now.

 

[Conan]

Yes and my bantam conchin is much bigger than this little d'uccle I've got broody right now.

I definitely want to try D'uccles someday - they are on my list!

 

[jwyles]

I definitely want to try D'uccles someday - they are on my list!

They belong to my girls. Only my kids have specific chicken breeds on their Easter list (I've created monsters). They are very cute and super friendly and easy to catch. They are probably the best pet chicken of all the ones I've got and actually decent layers of tiny eggs that my husband pickles but... they are extremely vocal with high pitched screams and I absolutely dread when they get going. I don't know if this is common place as the two I've got are all I ever owned but just know they are capable of producing velociraptor like screeching sounds!!! Also they are actually kind of bullies. I worried about them getting picked on in my mixed flock but they seriously hold their own against everyone!

 

[Conan]

Tiny little sass pants chickens, eh? They sound, and look, like a hoot!

 

[jwyles]

Tiny little sass pants chickens, eh? They sound, and look, like a hoot!

Yes, that pretty much sums them up!