Recent content by GoujonsAndChips

I throw a cabbage in most weeks, Savoy is their favourite But any old cabbage will do. Usually gone within an hour or so. 12 birds, RIR, Legbar and Nankin.

How odd. I work in a countryside store selling feed (Worcestershire UK), everyone that buys layers pellets is saying the same thing, I have 3 RIR, 3 Suffolk's, 5 Nankins and none have laid an egg for a month!

Unrelated to Chickens have you tried this? Its really good https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.plantnet

Google lens agrees.

I've just been given nine Nankin chicks and a broody Nankin bantam for my son (13) to raise for a lady in our village. She's a lovely lady and has said my son can choose two hens out of the hatch and she will give us an unrelated cockerel to make a trio. She is passionate about rare breeds...

NP, hopefully a British member can help us. I believe most of the Nankins are here

Yes that's the generic Google results, we've read them, it's mainly Wikipedia condensed results.

We've been given 9 Nankin chicks and a broody Nankin hen from a nice lady in our village (UK). My 13 year old son is going to nurture them until spring next year (5 months) and he will be able to choose two hens from the hatch to keep and she will give us an unrelated cockerel to start a new...

Thanks for all the welcoming comments. I only found this site as my son's first layer is producing very large brown eggs. (First month) most are double yolkers and I followed the thread by Rebecca to see if they were worth incubating. Plus we exhibited some eggs at a local show and won! Much to...

My 13 year old son wanted a dog or a cat, we compromised and I bought him 6 fertile Rhode Island Red eggs and borrowed his grandads ancient incubator. We now have 3 RIR girls and a cockerel and a Legbar girl that came out of a Burford Brown egg.