How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] New coop and a few questions.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Re: [CHICKENS-101] New coop and a few questions.

Congrats on your coop!

1- I would supervise ANY interaction between a child and chicken. If she gets startled she can get "wild" at a moments notice. Curious as to what breed she is.

My son will be 8 next month, he will pet a chicken if I hold it, but otherwise he could care less. I have a bantam rooster that he's terrified of.

2- Yes

3- Well you will probably get some really pretty mutts - X's (crosses).

My personal experience. Docile birds with the like produce the same. I had a Blue Andalusian X EE bantam. OMG! Beautiful little hen, but extremely high strung. Fox got her. At the moment I have a Turken X Black Star roo who is a nice rooster. He thinks he's tiny and will jump up on my arm when I go to freed them. I also have a Silkie X Du'clle chick still in the brooder who is showing signs of being a high strung bird. In general tho, I find that mutts make prettier birds and can be calmer.

Gothy in DE

http://fullmoonchickens.blogspot.com/

From: allen_moretsky <a_moretsky@hotmail.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:17 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] New coop and a few questions.

Our chicken is spending his first night in his coop. I just made a 4x8 foot plywood coop out of scraps I had.

1. My 3 year old son finally got up the courage to pick up the chicken. This hen seems docile. Might the chicken peck at my son's eyes?

2. If I were to buy a hybrid layer could I keep her with the other dual purpose chickens including a rooster?

3. Similarly if I buy different breeds, I assume they will cross breed if kept together. How's that work out for example if I were to have a NH Red and a Marans of one kind or another?

Thanks,
Allen

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