Larkwell Valley (2023)

[JacinLarkwell]

Really hoping my buff tries to brood again this spring/summer.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What's your goal?

4.5-5 Bags would be great, but I'd be happy with 6 too right now.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Come fall, I'll hopefully be able to take a clearer look, and maybe have some young birds that have multiple traits I want, where as most of my potlucks have only 1 or 2 traits right now.

I had my big heavy eater go this winter, so apart from Moose the Scovy and Big Boy, most of mine eat like birds now

 

[The Moonshiner]

@The Moonshiner and @Canadian Wind , do any of your scovies try and brood their second spring/summer? Or is that still early for them? I'm already excited for ducklings

Pretty sure all of mine have.

 

[Canadian Wind]

@The Moonshiner and @Canadian Wind , do any of your scovies try and brood their second spring/summer? Or is that still early for them? I'm already excited for ducklings

Yeah, I had a few females go broody, as well as all of them laying. Not all of them did though, and I'm hoping my blue decides to brood this year.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Here's one of your boys, Moony.

I think this season, I'm just going to hold on to all of yours. The girls are needed for the ratio, and I like both of the boys too much to pick right now

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Olive Egger

Cochin Mama and her flock mates. Would you believe she's over 10?

Her first daughter that hatched last summer. Unfortunately Cochin Mama makes a lot of screamer babies. Her sons were all awful

 

[WallyG74]

4.5-5 Bags would be great, but I'd be happy with 6 too right now.

My experience with feed is that the larger the group of chickens, the more they waste. The waste grows exponentially with each new chicken. I know real estate is always at a premium, but smaller groups has saved me a lot on feed.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

My experience with feed is that the larger the group of chickens, the more they waste. The waste grows exponentially with each new chicken. I know real estate is always at a premium, but smaller groups has saved me a lot on feed.

Oh yeah. I think it's because A), bigger bowls so they can get in to scratch, and B) the rush to eat before the others get all of it

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sigh.

I might have just jinxed my cochin pullet. Today her leg started tremoring and she can't walk well. If it progresses, I'll have to put her down. If I do, I think this will be the last one I try getting from this pen. All of my cochin chicks and a fair amount of my cochinXphoenix chicks have wound up getting Mareks and going down from it. They just don't seem as strong as the others are in terms of numbers.