So I have a noticeable diffrence in some chick's I raised.....I bought chick's from a hatchery....once raised up....I let a broody hen hatch some....now 6 months old the hens and the roosters from the hatch already outweigh there parent birds.....is this due to a raising issue? It's winter so...
I ordered 100 chicks about 5 months ago and was wondering since its December if you guys think they will lay this winter or just start in the spring....i havent heard any of the roosters in the bunch crow yet so im assuming they havent reached maturity although they are getting to be fairly good...
So my chick's are almost all grown up now and picking roosters from hens is easy for me now I ordered 100 birds am got 107 of just large egg laying breeds (a bargain mix) and out of the mix I have identified I have black astroloupes, cinnamon queens barred rocks dominques golden laced wydonettes...