Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

I think unfortunately the window for chicks bonding with your broody hen and for your broody hen bonding with your chicks has passed. Most suggest that under a week old it's still possible, depending on the broody and the chicks, but beyond that, success is much less likely.

Just love those little eggs. They are a great size for pickling too!

Great community of like-minded poultry enablers enthusiasts here.

Lovely! Seramas?

Funny, 20 years ago that was our retirement dream - to go live on a boat. Fast forward 20 years. Now hubby has multiple significant health issues, I have osteoarthritis in both knees and one hip joint, and I am smitten with my dog and my chickens. We had a boat twenty years ago, so I know that boats...

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST No reaction here to red,

Huh. Well, maybe mine are just taking exception to a butt ugly coat, rather than its colour.

yeah, I've noticed that too - a large amount of red gets extreme reactions from my chickens. I've learned my lesson and don't wear my red rain jacket around them any more.

18185 I like my Basque hens as steady brown egg layers, as an added bonus the cockerels are very tasty too! http://nabha.weebly.com/ I agree, they are steady layers. I didn't think of EOs, only because mine lays a very pretty light pinkish beige egg, and I don't think "brown" when I look at it. But...

I'm sticking with my original guess ... for now.

Good evening. Brought home two rent-a-chicks for my broody, and she thanked me with an extra hard peck when I was removing her wooden eggs after tucking her new babies under her. I know she's ecstatic, but doesn't like to let on that she appreciates my efforts. I had them in a (well ventilated) box ...