In my attempts to hatch out my own flock, I always end up with more Roosters than hens time and time again. I've been studying the flocks behavior with so many Roosters (1 Roo to 2 Hens) and what I've paid most attention to is they have their favorite hens. Some hens resist having a Roo at...
thanks so much to all that had input on this subject. I have been wondering for years what was best. I guess I've been lucky all this time hatching out my own eggs from my hens via incubator because my success rate has been about 50% or more and while mostly roosters..have gotten many hens as...
Deb
In my experience..introducing chicks to bigger hens has been bad. The grown hens killed my baby chicks. So now..I wait until they are big enough sized pullets and let the pecking order take place without a lot of carnage taking place. They settle down and adjust to eachother's order. I have...