TexasBlues
Crowing
We have 4 - 10 week old black copper marans and 9 young Whiting True Blue chicks.
I hatched the eggs in a small foam hovabator incubator with the waffle thermostat. The Marans eggs were locally sourced and the true blues were shipped.
The chicks were hatched and raised in the office indoors for the first 2 weeks and become quickly socialized with the dogs and family. They are brooded in a large fish aquarium with a heater plate for the first 2 weeks then I move them to the outdoor brooder which is larger.
I donāt know if everybody does it, but from day 1, I call them right before I hand feed them and they will enthusiastically come to me when called after a day or two. I donāt call them unless I have some feed or treat to back it up, so they typically trust me when I want them to return to the coop or move them around the yard.
They are fed a local Texas food called elite chick in the yellow bag. I want to say itās 22% protein and I also add probiotics to the young chickās water.
My goal with the backyard flock is to have a sustainable mixture of different colored layers from the dark brown marans to blue whitings and then potentially cross the 2 to create green/olives.
Next on the chicken listā¦ I will need to address permanent housing and also rooster to hen ratios soon.
Also** click on the quality setting in the YouTube videos to 1080HD to get the best views. Thanks!
I hatched the eggs in a small foam hovabator incubator with the waffle thermostat. The Marans eggs were locally sourced and the true blues were shipped.
The chicks were hatched and raised in the office indoors for the first 2 weeks and become quickly socialized with the dogs and family. They are brooded in a large fish aquarium with a heater plate for the first 2 weeks then I move them to the outdoor brooder which is larger.
I donāt know if everybody does it, but from day 1, I call them right before I hand feed them and they will enthusiastically come to me when called after a day or two. I donāt call them unless I have some feed or treat to back it up, so they typically trust me when I want them to return to the coop or move them around the yard.
They are fed a local Texas food called elite chick in the yellow bag. I want to say itās 22% protein and I also add probiotics to the young chickās water.
My goal with the backyard flock is to have a sustainable mixture of different colored layers from the dark brown marans to blue whitings and then potentially cross the 2 to create green/olives.
Next on the chicken listā¦ I will need to address permanent housing and also rooster to hen ratios soon.
Also** click on the quality setting in the YouTube videos to 1080HD to get the best views. Thanks!
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I just love them
