Haha, its a constant "Don't eat their food!" The dogs eat the chicken and the cat food, the cats eat the dog food, and the chickens eat anything that isn't attached to something and even then its a maaybe. :confused: :lol:
This is my first year with chickens. I started in March with 6 brahma chicks and, unfortunately for the neighbors, I'm up to 17 of various ages.
My pullets started laying in Sept, and was laying at least 1 egg per the 4 older hens a day and all of a sudden they just quit in oct. I thought they...
I will def try that come this spring. As long as I have at least one hen from this group. I will def try the dry hatching come spring. Thank you for the advice!
Thank you. I do plan on breeding them. I already have a rooster, so I'm hoping for at least a couple hens from this group. But, because I was having such a hard time with this specific breed, I was not sure if some of the numbers needed to be tweaked or if this is just a normal occurrence.
For anyone that hatches Ayam Cemani regularly, do they have a higher rate of birth defects?
Ive hatched about 6 clutches this year. 3 from mixed breeds and 3 from the Ayam Cemanis. Im at a 90% hatch rate with the mixed breeds, but the AC's are only at 40-50%, and from those Ive had to cull 5...