Peeps in Europe!

[maceleneo]

Congratulations to Ini mini for reaching such considerable age and best wishes to Gin and Tonic!

@chickengr I think you're right: actually my 2 Araucanas survived the attack, I guess since they're smaller and thinner it's easier for them to take flight. My problem is I love chobby and placid chickens, while thinner chickens are often more skittish, but I realize of course that being skittish is exactly why they have way more odds to survive while free-ranging.
Didn't know that Egyptian breed: they're very elegant, I don't think they're easy to find in Italy, or at least I never saw one!

 

[chickengr]

Congratulations to Ini mini for reaching such considerable age and best wishes to Gin and Tonic!

@chickengr I think you're right: actually my 2 Araucanas survived the attack, I guess since they're smaller and thinner it's easier for them to take flight. My problem is I love chobby and placid chickens, while thinner chickens are often more skittish, but I realize of course that being skittish is exactly why they have way more odds to survive while free-ranging.
Didn't know that Egyptian breed: they're very elegant, I don't think they're easy to find in Italy, or at least I never saw one!

I was lucky to found fayoumis in greece. some guy went to egypt for holiday and brought the eggs. except predator proof fayoumis can survive by foraging and kitchen scrap. they lay at least 150 eggs per year. I keep them as I see bad times coming.

 

[fluffycrow]

I was lucky to found fayoumis in greece. some guy went to egypt for holiday and brought the eggs. except predator proof fayoumis can survive by foraging and kitchen scrap. they lay at least 150 eggs per year. I keep them as I see bad times coming.

Fayoumis are an excellent breed, I’d definitely like to have some in the future. How do you find their brooding and mothering instincts to be?

 

[chickengr]

Fayoumis are an excellent breed, I’d definitely like to have some in the future. How do you find their brooding and mothering instincts to be?

they don't get broody. since the ancient times they have been using (fire powered) incubators in egypt. if you google it you will find some information about ancient incubators.

 

[BDutch]

Anyone here who knows more about the looks of European Easter eggers and Auracana?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/10-tiny-chicks-breeds-legbar-oe-and-araucana.1654705/

 

[fluffycrow]

they don't get broody. since the ancient times they have been using (fire powered) incubators in egypt. if you google it you will find some information about ancient incubators.

Interesting!

I knew about ancient Egyptian incubators, but I imagined that some hens still went broody, helping pass on generational knowledge that is crucial in free ranging situations

Brooding is not abundant in my groups, which is something I’d like to change. So no Fayoumis for me it seems. But I’m glad to have learned more about the breed

 

[chickengr]

Interesting!

I knew about ancient Egyptian incubators, but I imagined that some hens still went broody, helping pass on generational knowledge that is crucial in free ranging situations

Brooding is not abundant in my groups, which is something I’d like to change. So no Fayoumis for me it seems. But I’m glad to have learned more about the breed

my dutch bantams hatched fayoumis. although tiny birds they are my best layers as well.

 

[BDutch]

my dutch bantams hatched fayoumis. although tiny birds they are my best layers as well.

My old Dutch bantams hatched all kind of bantams. Naine de Tournaisis, Dutch- NdT mix, RIR, Vorwerk, Sussex, Dutch, Amrock. The Amrocks are 2x the size of my Dutch. With Dutch you better avoid a big nest. You cant lay many hatchery eggs under a broody Dutch.

My old Dutch are perfect mothers too who stick around for a long time and even learned my Red to become a good broody too. RIR are known as not getting broody.

 

[chickengr]

My old Dutch bantams hatched all kind of bantams. Naine de Tournaisis, Dutch- NdT mix, RIR, Vorwerk, Sussex, Dutch, Amrock. The Amrocks are 2x the size of my Dutch. With Dutch you better avoid a big nest. You cant lay many hatchery eggs under a broody Dutch.

My old Dutch are perfect mothers too who stick around for a long time and even learned my Red to become a good broody too. RIR are known as not getting broody.

the only problem I had with my dutch broody is that she does not accept chicks she didn't hatch. but I guess it is personal, not breed related.

 

[BDutch]

the only problem I had with my dutch broody is that she does not accept chicks she didn't hatch. but I guess it is personal, not breed related.

I never tried to add incubator chicks under a broody.

Anyway this is easy to avoid. Let her hatch the eggs and there is no problem.