my point was that they are great layers and nice birds. You are right, they are fine in a barnyard mix, you just are not getting the mix you think you would. Had a few BSL and their chicks were a cute mess. My RSL had all
most all white male chicks.
My Neighbor had them, so it was a natural thing to buy a few off him. He loved them, I enjoyed them and wow what great egg layers!
Had one rooster, he was my #2 out of 3. He cleaned up what #1 was not interested in.
So am soon picking 4-5 chicks, I want a light brahma and at least one Easter egger. Don't think I want any sex-link, but I do want brown eggs. What other breeds should I get?
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I used some plywood and osb to make a brooder box scraps don't always look nice and I will have to patch that hole soonplenty of room inside that box, might have to make it smaller?
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I have been away for a few years. I had a barnyard mix of about 25-30 hens and few Roosters and then hatched out about 100 chicks and sold about half. Lost the coop in a fire and moved twice. I now live in town and can't take it. I miss the farm, the country and my chickens so bad. So...I...
I know this might not be something you want to answer, but I would love to have 50-100 acres in that area of Missouri or Oklahoma. If you don't mind, about how much are you paying for that property?
You know, he was not a bad rooster...he was just not as friendly to us or the ladies as some roosters are. He was not very aggressive to us, but was to a silver laced wyandotte roo I had.
We bought one in a mixed bag of pullets. She was bullied, pecked and not very heat tolerant. She was the first to lay and laid very, very well. But I found her dead on the coop floor on the first super hot day. At that time, she had no signs of being bullied....all of those came when she was...