She is beautiful, she caught my eye when I was at your farm a couple weeks ago. My chicks are doing great. I do believe the white spilt is shaping up to look like a hen, my daughter had named her coconut. The little black split that we added on is so friendly and sweet. I will definitely be interested in when you have chicks from the "red paint"
If you give away roo's as pets, don't give one roo with only one hen because he will overmate the one hen. A single roo as a pet if in-house is ok -- but remember that chickens have flock mentality so 2 roo's together may work depending on how they get along as hatchmates. A single roo indoors without another chicken or humans around all day might be too lonely. I don't buy chicks or hatch eggs -- I only get sexed pullets because I hate going through finding homes for cockerels that will more than likely wind up on someone's dinner plate. Amber Waves Silkies sells DNA-sexed Silkie pullet chicks (not cheap but the sex is guaranteed) and they give away free the Silkie cockerels. Cockerels/Cocks are great flock protectors but unfortunately most backyard flocks don't need more than one or two males so the extra boys get re-homed or eaten.
If you give away roo's as pets, don't give one roo with only one hen because he will overmate the one hen. A single roo as a pet if in-house is ok -- but remember that chickens have flock mentality so 2 roo's together may work depending on how they get along as hatchmates. A single roo indoors without another chicken or humans around all day might be too lonely. I don't buy chicks or hatch eggs -- I only get sexed pullets because I hate going through finding homes for cockerels that will more than likely wind up on someone's dinner plate. Amber Waves Silkies sells DNA-sexed Silkie pullet chicks (not cheap but the sex is guaranteed) and they give away free the Silkie cockerels. Cockerels/Cocks are great flock protectors but unfortunately most backyard flocks don't need more than one or two males so the extra boys get re-homed or eaten.
