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We got roosters! they are supposedly lacey Wyandotte. Full grown and respectful towards humans! We're really excited to have some baby chicks in the spring! Hopefully.!
When I first began raising chickens and ducks, I cooped up the chickens with a large run and collected eggs. Ducks roamed inside a large fenced area, and went into the ducktory (my "duck factory") at night, and I collected eggs. Now, I move both around the farm and let them work, so I don't. They don't seem to mind at all,…
The hatchery catalogue said no guarantees, but that the ratio is usually 50/50 male/female. Before we found a decent meat bird, we would buy unsexed chicks and cull the roosters later. The ratio was always bang on 50/50. We were content with the high number of roosters to fill our freezers while the girls laid beautiful…
It’d be hard to match the excitement of watching chicks develop into hens! Such a joy to collect tiny nuggets and note each day as they increase in size. Almost 100% are laying and some of the eggs are extra large already! Funny how they seem to want to lay in the same nest box at the same time. How they untangle…
Today’s disappointment of cold damage to my garden was offset by discovering my speckled Sussex hatched a brood of 13 in the woods. Since she hatched them back were the other chickens don’t venture I know that all the chicks are a speckled Sussex cross with ameraucana (the other rooster is a turken and there were no signs…
From the Almanac: CHICKEN BEHAVIORS: DUST BATHING, MATING, PREENING, AND MORE WHY YOUR CHICKENS DO WHAT THEY DO By Chris Lesley September 8, 2020 Ever hear of the “chicken dance” and “pecking order”? Chickens are unique animals, especially when it come to behavioral patterns. The different sounds and nonverbal cues they…
I would need them to lay mostly year round but I’m in Alabama where it stays fairly warm. I would also like to know if they go in the coop to lay or hide their eggs on the ground?
I have a question about water glassing: I mixed the lime and water like the youtube video said, put today's eggs in and everyone is peeking through the top of the lime water. The eggs kind a floating? I do have more water/lime mix then I needed to just cover the eggs but was unsure how much to make to cover them, so made a…
