Yes, everyone is curious with the new chicks and mama hen seems to be anxious, so it gives the new mama and chicks a chance to just get use to doing what they need to do. After a week mama has settled in to her routine and the chicks have grown some and learned what mama needs to teach them to...
We have been removing new mamas after chicks have hatched before integrating them back in the flock, it gives mama hen and chicks a chance to acclimate, mama to calm down from the stress of a new hatch and the chicks a week to grow and get their balance and use to what mama is teaching them...
We just hatched 9 from out of the refrigerator that had been in there a week or a little longer, all 9 hatched. Had place 4 under one broody and 5 under another, 100% hatch rate. OEGB eggs.
I didn't make myself understood properly,I'm sorry, I meant to ask is a Self Blue rooster a good addition to anyones flock, is it a good choice of roosters for a breeding program? We have several and are trying to figure out to keep them or not??? All we raise is Old English Game Bantam.
I appreciate the time and explanation that you gave and the knowledge that you shared. I couldn't believe all this information was coming from a teenager, so it shows how much you enjoy poultry, thanks again. You have a lot you could teach this old man, lol.
Built 2 grow-out pens for young chicks, chicks raised by mama hen in a coop by themselves, would you leave the pullet chicks with mama and separate the cockerels or separate both the pullets and cockerels, cockerels in one grow out pen and pullets in another when mama weans them? Then introduce...
The truth of it, we could only buy pairs ( pullet/cockerel) from a breeder, so to get 4 pullets we acquired 4 Self Blue cockerels, but in researching and asking questions learned that we could get blacks and Self Blue, was looking for Black, but also in hope for Self Blue pullets? We are Novices...