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...
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...
New to Old English Game Bantams, have a hen that was acting like she is going broody, she fluffed up and growled on the nest but later got up and went to roost, is she just early in the broody stages, I put some eggs in her nest to see if she will continue, what's y'all's experiences with bantams?
#1 What colors would you get breeding a Ginger red to a BB red? #2 What colors breeding a Self Blue to a BB red? #3 What colors would you get breeding a Self Blue to a Ginger red?
I don't have a show quality bird in our coop, probably most would call Mutts, they are small and good feathering, just haven't been breed to the standards, they are off of originally BB red OEBG, but there are Ginger color with yellow legs, some of the pullets seem to be BB red with blue legs. I...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not new to chickens but new to Old English Game Bantams, got our first chickens about a year ago, was working with large breed chickens but we made the decision to work strictly with Bantams and enjoying the new experience.
(2) How...