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He's so gentle handling the hens. I love how the light brahma looked at him when he said "there's meat on that bird" Like she's saying "How dare you, sir!" 😂
We have brahmas and we love them to death, they are sweethearts and really good layers. We have a Brahma rooster as well and a downside to him is he is so massive and his feet are so big that his favorite hens lose feathers on their back from breeding all the time. I do not quite know what to do about that, he has made them bleed a couple times too and I feel so bad for them although they seem to enjoy themselves 😂
I have two sapphire gem chicks and I can't tell if the yellow dot on their heads means they're boys, or if the gray/goldish neck lining means they're girls.
I bought 4. I loved their temperment and color. They all had problems with eggs breaking internally. Only one survived. Mated with a Blue Ameracuana and produced beautiful silver and gray offspring.
bought three porcelains from tractor supply from the mixed bantam bin. they were all on sale and id never raised bantams before so ive been winging it!! lovely little birds. hoping to get more soon
Two sapphire gems and two prairie bluebells. NO EARTHLY idea, as they are both new breeds to ME. They are beginning to look different; as the bluebells have neat little pea combs and the gems seem to have a single row. I THINK I have all girls, but you know how chickens are! Wing and vent checked at hatch; then watching eagerly for signs of puberty. We have four because we wanted one, but needed to ensure that at least one was a girl. (Yes, we checked and have a place to rehome them already) We are aiming for a docile, hand fed and raised, spoilt lump of a chicken. We need one to accessorize our couch, catch errant indoor insects and bread crumbs, and offer itself as a warm compress against the slings and arrows of life. A holding chicken, as granma Clampett would call it. It's great if she lays a few eggs. That's just gravy, and it's more than our dog gives us.
It has been my experience that if a rooster decides that YOU are not the boss, then he will assume that HE is the boss. You need to show him who is in charge. I'm not advocating for bird abuse here, but if he attacks you, he needs to lose this fight in no uncertain terms. A Buff Orpington rooster tore my elderly mom up one day and it would have been worse if the dog hadn't come to the rescue.
I had to get rid of my BR roo because he was always trying to stalk me when I went to feed and would go into full strength psycho attack mode with anyone else. He was a beautiful bird but super mean! Will never get another one. If I do he will get an early reservation to freezer camp!!
I find a varied rate in roos of the same species a few years in. Barred rock roosters for the first year so they are still young. But in say my porcelain duccles, some are over aggressive some aren't. Juat gotta see how they turn out.
have a baby on in my brooder now. lol. I am falling more in love with mille fluers. but i always want a porcelain around. seem to be the better temperaments to me so far.
Ok, I want to buy like 20 of them and only have these little guys running around, am I crazy?! They are so cute! With 20 of them I’ll have enough eggs 🤣
Just bought 4 they are a little over a week old they are so cute they are very active and talkative for little ones I have them in with 4leghorns we will see when they get older if they can live together
We have 7 Sapphire Gem hens. We love them. They lay really well for us. They are our only hens now that we rehomed our one Salmon Faverolle. We get 5-7 eggs daily from our 7 hens. They're active, very inquisitive, very friendly. Several are very talkative and jump up on us to spend time with us for a short time each day. Hoover's Hatchery supposedly has a trademark on its name.They are a cross between an Andalusian hen and a Barred rock roo. If you breed those together and see barring in the chick the chick is a cockerel.
Think shed, With a vent along the top, a covered run, since during the winter u may not let them out of the structure. U want ventilation and wind proofing.
Less than a full sized hen. If they are smaller silkie eggs u could squeeze a few more under her. With full size eggs it'll be less. Also they will try to sit on to Many and then they could incubate poorly..mark thr eggs u want take any new ones daily if she's hatching in the coop.
Barred Rock roosters are well known for their nastiness, I have the scars to prove it. I adore my Barred Rock hens, but every B.R. roo that has ever crossed my path has been wicked mean. Will not ever keep those roos again.
Same here, ours was the friendliest chick and saught all the attention, at about 4 months old he turned into a prick and mean as hell. He is beautiful and a good protector
No it's not "docile" she's a bitch to my other 3 & her & my other barred rock is mean too. Both have done chicken jail & doing better but my best " good" chicken is my golden comet. If I could start again it'd😅 only be golden comets.
I have noticed my Sapphire Gems are quite assertive and can be aggressive to more docile birds, yes. Though the Salmon Faverolles my Gems grew up with had no issues together, I did notice that the Faverolles were all much lower in pecking order, but that is common with Faverolles. We haven't introduced very many new birds to our flock after we rehomed the Faverolle hen and a roo, and culled the other 3 roos. We added a cockerel that was on-par with their aggressiveness or worse and there was a few fights among the hens and the cockerel but they quickly warmed up to him and liked him. But then he started attacking us so we rehomed him with the intention for him to be with many hens, but he wouldn't stop attacking THEM so he became dinner. Then we added a Barred Rock rooster of about a year old and the roo is still beneath the hens in pecking order! He's successfully mating with some of the hens but he's still not quite accepted into the flock fully yet. So, yeah Sapphire Gems are more assertive, more active, and less willing to take crap from other chickens. They've been great to me though. Several of mine are super talkative and come running to me whenever I sit in our chicken yard chairs to enjoy their company. They jump up onto us and talk to us telling about their day. LOL I love mine.
Very good. I like how you are with your chickens. Austin is so bonded to you. Really adorable. Thank you for your kind nature and your love of the birds.🙏🐓
