We have two wolves (mated pair-male is a huge black wolf and the female is smaller grey). They must patrol a fairly large territory as they only show up every three months. Have taken down a lot of deer in our yard. Your coop sounds nice. And definitely enough space for what you have. We used to live by Clandeboye but our coops were small and run down-ish. Just all old sheds repurposed. With our new place I wanted the coops to be functional but very nice looking as they are close to the house. We currently are housing 30 birds. Most are purebred and my breeding birds but there a couple mixes in there. I have an olive egger I'm breeding to my cream legbar to produce offspring that lay a minty/avacado colored egg. I've also got a few excess Roos that either need a new home or will be processed in a few weeks. We don't heat or insulate and I leave windows and vents open all winter. When we were building this place our entire flock went over to a relative's place. I picked a few of my old birds but mostly brought in new stock for my new place. Actually going to be hatching another set of chicks. Starting them on Friday-Swedish flower hens from Candace at Breezy Farms.
Hi, yes there have always been wolves around here too, 440 acres of bush, creeks and swamp right behind my place, well known wildlife area. I have actually counted as many as 50-75 deer at a time around here in spring, just incredible.
I only have a few pure strains, Black Rosecombes, and 1 OEG Bantam rooster. The rest are X breeds. I did have 2 of the bantam hens hatch out a batch last spring, 8 out of 9 hatched, very healthy, and no brooder heat for them either.
I heat enough to take the edge off that about it. these birds are much tougher than us humanoids.
Your F1 offspring, should produce interesting colored eggs by the sounds of things.
I would like to breed my Black Rosecombs away from the other roos, but am reluctant to separate any of them, as they all get along now,and upsetting the pecking order is a PITA. Any suggestions?
