Good read. I also have been told temps play a role in developement. I doubt it. What is ,is, thats all there is to it! It is the female in chickens that decide the sex.
If you are having to many roos, screen the hens and keep the eggs seperate for hatching to find your male producers and...
If you get your flock tested for NPIP and ask for the extra mg/ms test they will do it. Its what I do. I also have them test for Salmonella and anything else they need to do. Blood test are simple. A stick to the under wing is where they take it. Its fast and easy. Good luck. Also there...
I am going to be joining this group. I have ordered eggs from Cloverleaf and they are on their way. The bator is set and going. I can barely wait.
At this time I have a flock of line bred hens of different kinds that I keep as layers. I love to have them to look like they are suppose to...
Do not introduce one or two new hens to the flock, introduce one or two of the flock to your new hens in the new hens pen. It works better that way. Then they are sort of on new turf and the older hens are not as fiesty. I usually introduce one old hen to the mix a wk for about three wks...
Wow! I looked at the video! I knew they were smart and I knew all my hens had personalities. It makes me sort of wary of wanting to eat anymore chicken. I am not a vegetarian. but jees I hate eating something as smart as the animals we eat. I don't eat my hens. They have names and live...
where is she or he from? I want someone on the EAST Coast Please. I have ordered from the west coast before and had horrible luck with hatching eggs. Sigh!
I am in NC. I have had one person contact me already. I want a pretty close to SOP bird if possible. I want to get eggs and hatch them myself. I want the LF salmon variety which lays the larger egg.
Does anyone know if cloverleaf is selling eggs this time of yr. ? I hear her hens lay large eggs? Keesmom sure does have pretty hens too. What state does she hail from. I am on the east coast and cloverleaf is on the west coast so someone closer would be nice. Gloria Jean
Violet, where did you get your pretty hens and roo, what size eggs do they lay? I am considering getting some and live on the east coast of NC in winter and the mtns of NC in the summer. I migrate and take my hens with me to my homes in both places. I love them to much to do without them...
Why is it they love that stuff so much? I know I can not even use it in cracks in the coop. They will dig it out and eat it. I winder what in nature that looks or taste similar to it. Gloria Jean
I do not know about virginia, only NC. I wish all states did. Even your hatcheries do not test for it in the flocks they get their eggs to hatch for selling. I am told it is the most prevalent disease. It usually does not make itself known until the hens are over 2 yrs old so the big egg...