the sultan thread

[azoh10]

Hi

I have 2 sultans they get dirty feet and on their feathers how did you keep hector so clean and white.

Thanks

 

[MavisMama]

Mavis gets messy when it's muddy, but she cleans up real nice in wet grass after it rains. Then I just do my best to keep her bedding clean & dry. There's a "how to clean your chicken" thread on this site somewhere, but it involves dipping the bird in water - I'd think you'd have to have a bird that's used to being held to do that or they'd have to hate that & it's just as easy to let her run around in the grass after it rains

 

[Dawnrenae]

This is Sully! Don't know the sex yet, but it's about 3 weeks old!

It's hatch mate didn't make it.

 

[MavisMama]

Sully is adorable!!! Congratulations - sorry you lost the sibling - please post more pics as Sully grows up!
Still looking for companions for Mavis... Did you buy fertilized eggs, or were you lucky enough to get a chick from one of your own hens?

 

[Dawnrenae]

Sully is adorable!!!  Congratulations - sorry you lost the sibling - please post more pics as Sully grows up!
Still looking for companions for Mavis... Did you buy fertilized eggs, or were you lucky enough to get a chick from one of your own hens?

Thanks. I will post more as I can. This one was hard. I think "he" was scared.

I bought them at a poultry swap. My fertilized eggs didn't hatch.
They were my first sultans.

I am trying to hand tame the babies, but, they hate me.

 

[MavisMama]

There's a huge poultry swap in Portage, WI in September - it's an international thing - but I don't know if I can wait that long!! Sultans are so cool - those babies will come around! They love to be talked to.

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

Thanks. I will post more as I can. This one was hard. I think "he" was scared.

I bought them at a poultry swap. My fertilized eggs didn't hatch.
They were my first sultans.

I am trying to hand tame the babies, but, they hate me.

I have noticed that when they are little they run, but I've got a couple that are about 2 months old and they come running when I open the coop door to see them. They love to be pet and talked to.

 

[Dawnrenae]

I sure hope so. Right now Sully is in a brooder with Puffin. A white crested blue Polish.

They both adore my daughter, but, they don't like when I hold them.

 

[MavisMama]

Mavis' best friend was a white crested black Polish, Miss Hattie, until a dog killed her. That was a heartbreaker . I hope your two discover lots of bugs together the Polish was lots friendlier than the Sultan, which may have bee why she was picked off.

 

[fishnet1971]

This is my sweet Rosey!