On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:40:01 -0600, you wrote: > we >dont have black rocks either!
Black rocks are a hybrid of Plymouth rock and something else, to make them more hardy and prolific. It's quite easy to get Welsummers around here. I have a Welsummer cockbird and a couple of hens. I love the cockbirds, they're like "proper" cockerels. I've heard they can be nasty, but I've had several and they've all been fine. Saying that, I've never yet has a nasty cockerel in 30 years of chicken keeping with lots of different breeds, even some weird ones like Old English Game. I just got an incubator but haven't got any eggs in it yet. I want to get some silkies and some call ducks. My lot don't tend to set very well, I think it's too windy and exposed up here for them to get very broody! (but the ducks love it...) Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
