Recent content by dekel18042

But even if you work with them individually they will spend time together and may tend to bond more with each other than you. I've had up to five dogs at once and the closest they were in age was 17 months apart. (And they all had initials after their names and were active in multiple dog...

Bantams are smaller than LF chicks. If you are using a heat plate put it as low as possible as it can be too cool otherwise. Since they are so small, you may want to throw their food (chick starter) into your blender or food processer to make it finer the first week . Sometimes it seems...

You might want to consider a dog, A well trained dog, even a pet will protect your chickens as well as a rooster. Our dogs are in and out with us all day and if ANYTHING is going on with the chickens they know instantly (even when we don't) and want to go out.

Years ago I hatched eggs from my Welsumer hens and Ameraucana roo. The girls were all olive eggers. I was able to sex the chicks the same as I could Welsumers. The girls had clean lines and looked like they were wearing makeup and the boys' facial lines were broken. Not sure if this happens...

Most places do not sell sexed bantams but My Pet Chicken does. I do think their prices are a bit high and their shipping costs are a turn off, but if you must have girls, it might be the way to go.

I have ordered chicks from My Pet Chicken several times and the experience was mostly positive. I often went in with several friends as more chicks seem to travel better, but I will not be buying from them again for several reasons. First of all I did get several boys when I ordered sexed...

I've always had assorted bantam and large fowl together with no problems, but if you get the bantams as day olds and they are tiny, you might want to throw your chick starter into the blender for a week or so to make it easier for the bantams to eat. I always do this and it seems to help.

One of the breeds I want is bantam cochins. I have just one now but have been able to find a local source so that will be my addition for this year.

The straight run bin is always a crap shoot but it has never been too terrible. Last summer we got 20 unsexed bantams from TSC for half price ($2.00 each) as we took them all and we got eight boys. It was a nice mixture of mille fleur d'uccles, barred rocks, ,creole OE game and red BB OEG...

We've bought chicks from Tractor Supply, from hatcheries, from private people, etc. In the future we probably will be sticking with Tractor Supply as opposed to hatcheries because the US mail system has now gone to hubs and the chicks can spend way too many days in transit. At least if they...

We've gotten many wonderful chicks, and bantams and ducklings, from TSC. Ours orders from Hoover's Hatchery and we have ordered from there and we've always been happy with what we've gotten. But that said, if you are having chicks shipped, as others have stated, you might want to order from...

i would start with no roosters (unless you start with adult hens) because if you start with chicks you are in all probability going to get an "oops" rooster. Also once you have your hens you can figure out what would be the best fit for them. I know when I do hatches I usually do very...

I've lived in the dog world all my life and have had poultry most of my life. I've also had various breeds competing in dog sports so am very familiar with many breeds. Some of the breeds you have mentioned for example husky, i would never have with poultry. They are smart, trainable but...

This theory has been disproved in several magazine articles I have read. I've also tried it to no avail. I have some hens who always lay a round egg and have produced both sexes.

Some more information would help. How many eggs are you talking about hatching roosters? That would make a difference, whether it is three out of three (perhaps not unusual) or 15 out of fifteen which would be. How many eggs total, that is how many in each batch are not hatching? I once...