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My original hen is sitting on eggs right now. I have had Honas for a little over a year. Started with week olds last December......raised them in the house. I now have 1 Rooster..and 4 hens. Love them. Good luck on your hatch. I let the birds do the hatching and raising...

A breeder who participates in the Swedish gene bank shared this information: "As a participant in the gene bank, you may not select for exterior or color. White, red (mullberry) and blue combs and earflaps are ok, red legs occurs and even white animals. ...But the focus should be on the pure...

Well...I may get to that point. Right now--as a new chicken mama---2 months into raising these chicks, I could not fathom killing them and definitely not eating them. I know farming is a way of life and there is the life cycle and all, but..I want a backyard pet flock... I'm sure my little...

@birdman55 Well, I hate to hear that!! I guess that's the life when ..the boys outnumber the girls. Really......even, what ?---5 to one would be bad for the roosters, huh?

No--I'm not trying to get rid of a svart hona...I was responding to Zoomies post that nobody seems to want his extra svart hona rooster.... Am I supposed to 'quote' someone every time I reply to them?

Wow---nobody wants a svart hona? Maybe they are more common than I have heard. I just don't know. We had never heard of them until 2 months ago....but--of course, we have never had chickens either. We are meeting with the breeder tomorrow. She is buying back the two largest birds with...

Glad I found this thread. Funny...we have 4 svart babies...and at 8 weeks old..it appears that we too have 3 boys and 1 girl..... New to chickens, love, love, love the all ebony birds--gorgeous creatures.... now---what to do with THREE male birds?!!