Spitzhaubens

[gimmie birdies]

"Fraulein Pullet," very sweet. From Meyers.

I hear the hats should tilt forward.
"Kato" hen. She was more aggressive, but calmed down. She always leaves me a little "extra" gift on her egg. I think on purpose. She was from a feed store.

 

[SueT]

Hi everyone, how’s your spring? How are your chickens? @Faraday40 @Alaskan @homeschoolin momma , and everyone else too
All is well here. I have the Spitz rooster and the 3 Spitzhauben hens, well, the 2 pullets are just about a year old now. And I have 5 Sprights, the mix between Spitz and Sebright. I have had time now to evaluate this designer mix. Below, a Spitz and a Spright from last May’s hatch:

The Sprights are as big as the Spitzhaubens. I thought they’d be half size. How did these big birds come out of those tiny eggs.....
Some of them also lay white eggs, which is a complication if one wants to hatch only Spitzes. Some lay smaller beige eggs and some lay big white eggs. They are excellent layers. At least 2 of the Sprights are compulsive broodies, like their Sebright mom. They may all be.
Below, Beldar and one of the Sprights. They all adore him.

Mama Spitz, Trixie:

Let us know how you and your flock are doing!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

One of my gals tried 2x to be broody before deciding it wasn't for her. Lost another broody to an in-flock attack so I have what eggs she was sitting on in my incubator hopefully growing. They're all either from the broody before she sat or from the spitzhaubens

 

[Alaskan]

Still walls of snow up here...so no good photos.

 

[halefamily_flock]

I have a broody Spitz who has been laying on 4 eggs—2 of her own and 2 from a Cream Legbar. I just heard peeps coming from under her, but couldn’t see anything because she has them completely covered up.

I don’t have a good photo of her in the nest box. It’s in a dark corner of the coop.
But here she is out & about on one of her daily self-care outings, about a week ago

 

[the_peanut_coop]

I need me some of these..... I'm a personal chicken mohawk fan!

 

[Faraday40]

We still only have DS's spitiz "PoofPoof" She’s never given a thought of going broody. (And I appreciate that bc I have enough bantams willing to do the job)

@homeschoolin momma gave me 3 spitz eggs to fill up those last empty spaces in my incubator. Well, all 3 are fertile, developing, and due to hatch at the end of the week.

Hope to post some pics next week

 

[Faraday40]

All 3 of @homeschoolin momma 's eggs were fertile. All 3 hatched today.

(Actually, I think all my hatches with her eggs have been 100%. The only time I had one die in the shell was at a preschool. The teacher removed the chicks as they hatched, so one got glued inside the shell. Her Spitz roosters do their job very well!)

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have 4 or 5 fertile of my clutch from my broody, which are either Spitz crosses or nothing like spitz crosses

 

[SueT]

All 3 of @homeschoolin momma 's eggs were fertile. All 3 hatched today.

(Actually, I think all my hatches with her eggs have been 100%. The only time I had one die in the shell was at a preschool. The teacher removed the chicks as they hatched, so one got glued inside the shell. Her Spitz roosters do their job very well!)
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Be sure to enter the cutest baby chick contest! Spitzhauben chicks are the cutest!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-prizes-added-12th-annual-byc-easter-hatch-along—cutest-baby-fowl-photo-contest—win-a-brinsea-incubator.1445522/
I’m saving Spitz eggs for when someone goes broody. It’s about that time of year.....I’ve now got 3 Spitz hens but it is very hard to distinguish between the Spitz eggs and the Spright eggs as some of the Sprights lay white eggs. I have to be watching in on them a lot.