I loved the fayoumis I had, they were beautiful, full of sassy personality & great foragers…. But also overly fearless. They’d roam away from the rest of the flock and we’re pretty much hawk bait. I have some of their mixed offspring that still have their wild steak but enough sense to take...
Since being pure bred in chickens is all about weather they match the breed standard, they wouldn’t technically be barred rocks if they have non standard traits but they’re not a new breed until they breed true. I hope that reducing the feathers and getting bigger combs helps you end up with...
I love naked necks. I wonder how yours compare to what we have in the untied states.
I’m not sure what you’re feeding now or what you may have available but you may want to get a supplemental calcium source for your layers if their shells are thin. You can give crushed oyster shells (easily...
These are from eggs I got on eBay that were listed as jumbo brown. Before these I had silvers from myshire, locally purchased goldens and local plain pharaohs as well as some blue eggers from a different eBay seller. All completely wild. I don’t know if jumbos tend to be mellower or if the ones...
I’ve had several different batches of quail over the years and all of my previous ones were pretty wild/ uncatchable like you describe. But the ones I have now are much tamer. I can let them out to run around my garden and then just pick them up to put them back in their pen. It’s a stark...
Do you have a reference that is making you so wary? I found the study thaf suggests further research on azolla but doesn’t seem conclusive enough that I’d stop feeding it.
https://www.academia.edu/10074317/Azolla_BMAA_and_Neurodegenerative_Diseases
I got some from an Etsy seller last fall. I’m trying to build up the amount I have but so far it’s not as prolific as azolla or the larger duckweed. One thing I figured out is that I have to keep the buckets covered with screen or else disturbance from rain water washes the wolfia onto the side...
The marans hatch finished up. 17 out of 42 hatched so a bit better than 7 out of 30 but still not very good. Interestingly a couple of the eggs were very oblong… like little sausages. I though no way those would do anything but they all did fine 😂 the ones that didn’t hatch all looked more like...
I was worried about my chickens getting hurt when I first electrified my netting. I have some from starkline and sone from an Amazon brand called vevor. Turns out my chickens jump out or wiggle through the holes and don’t seem to much care about the current. I use the fence for dogs and goats...