I’ve always wanted a silkie. They are supposedly good broodies, and my grandma had a silkie rooster, before she moved to a city where chickens weren’t allowed. (She still has two “emotional support birds” lol 😆) the rooster was called Gandalf, because if you got too close to his favorite hen...
good message. I hatch my own chicks usually (rural king once sold me 6 sick chicks. only 2 survived, then one randomly got ate by a fox. so they basically sold me four dead birds.) I just don't trust large corporate farms or retailers anymore.
so recently, I had 2 chickens (one Rhode Island Red, one Australorp) go broody in the same nest. they had one chick, and seemed to take care of it together. unfortunately, a wild fox kept eating my younger birds, so I put Starlight (the only child) in a brooder with 11 other chicks, for safety...
I think it was the local Rural King, but I once went to a feed store with 11 chicks in a brooder. 10 chicks were in alright shape...... running circles around their obviously dead sibling!!!! :mad:
same store that sold my nana 6 chicks, 4 of whom died within a couple of days. (one was also...
I think I heard one of my celadon crowing…….. the nearest place to get quail pullets is an hour away, so I’m going to monitor them for now…… if I do have another rooster though, I’m going to sell him.
I have a beautiful Plymouth Barred Rock, he keeps to himself, rarely (but not never) goes after people…….. aaaaaand then I’ve got Rainbow, the half grown Rhode Island Red, who rips feathers out of his two ladies (used to have more, but a fox came through a while back, and ate 14 birds), and he...