I have bantam Polish frizzled. Just to let you know even if they are frizzle all that hatch won't be frizzled. You will get smooth feathered too. I have blacks, cuckoo, and chocolate! Right now I have them mingling with the silkies. So they are not seperated. I do have 2 7 week olds that are...
There is a flock swap in Castle Haynes at the Hudsons feed store the first of every month for those in the Wilmington area. It is from 8-12. Forgot who was asking for laying hens in this area
Well out of the 5 bantam polish broody mom's hatched out we ended up with 4 males. Needless to say I cant keep that many boys in my pen , so I am looking to find them new homes.They are bantam cuckoo polish. One is frizzle. I have one other boy not pictured he is darker in cuckoo coloring. If...
Also mine never brood in it. They just sit in the shavings. When one goes another will join shortly. I have anywhere from 2-4 on a clutch. They will raise the chicks and go broody again. I have 7 girls. Two just hatched chicks. Then all 4 in a breeding pen went broody. I only have 1 girl walking...
My nest boxes are ground level. As often as they go broody its a good idea especially if they will be raising the chicks. The bitties can move in and out. I wouldn't make them to high off the ground.
I breed silkies. They are bantams so they are not going to get much bigger. They also won't go broody until they start to lay. With silkies they don't begin to lay until the earliest 6 months if your lucky. Between 7 and 8 is the average for POL. Some can be a year befor POL. I currently have a...