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you are righteous is more mate minded than the other and he more laid back so far so good and I have 10hens per rooster and 5feet per bird upstairs and downstairs in my pen and I am wary every day even if they are brothers same sire different hen and so far the younger rooster excepts the older...

I have raised my chicks they will be one year the middle of April RIR 22 20 Of them are hen so my two Roosters are showing no meanness towards me or each other they are in same condo pen with 20hens so they are sharing very well with each other one cockerel is older than the other he was a year...

yep Georgia

You are right George has such funny weather it just has as of this week turn cold high in the 50s and low in the 20s to 30s to us that's cold.

Well folks I am proud to announce that so far the cold weather has not detoured my RIR pullets from laying eggs I am still getting from 12 to 14eggs a day out of 20hens U guess that's a pretty great number

Using the feet and neck and back vital organs such as heart and liver of the bird along wih some of the skin if too much skin is used this will make it to greasy tasting and spices as other have suggested wil help.

WoW I had no Idea chickens even do that !!!Great pic!

I agree it does in fact depend on how many you are trying to hatch I forgot to add that fact.

I ahree a 75%hatch rate is very fair hatch rate many people have a much higher rate of chicks not making it I think you did pretty dang good myself Im sure that there are other that will agree that you are hetting a very fair hatch rate .Good luck with ya new little chicks and remember enjoy...

I thabk you also as it has been a educational reading if the questions and answers between you two as I am just starting with RIRs this year and the difference in the strains is astounding beyond ti the point that ir boggs the mind and I have read over and over it is best to working in body type...

You said it diwn the the while point if you remive the bottom pecking member there will always be another to replace it and if you remove from the top pecking order there is always another to replace it and you dont want to run the birds un the ground so to speak and you dont want all skittish...

you are 100% right and what you have done is one of the very best way for breeding the desired stock.

I suggest to talk to papa chaz maybe able to answer this question as ther has been a study that sometimes a hen retains some of an earlier breeding of a DIFFERENT rooster in her sysyem in OTHER words she hold on to ot and keeps it in her body ,on a different npte of this I read 30 days google...

I am so glad he has been fpund ahd is getting medical treatment ,prayers going that is get well soon.

Ye yep I agree BTW your BYC name i have 20 six week old chick when i day chickadoodles they all come running I just that nickname and i just had to tell ya!!

I agree with each one of the about on the issue of if its happening naturally then that best this is why in the old days they had hen in difference syages of growth laying brooding and molting as so to keep eggs and meat on the table .

I ts a pretty sight to see a broody with the little

that great it is soooo hard to get a good broody these days ,what even better is once a broody most always a broody.

Lol!!!!!

lol oh yes my little chicke are 5 weeks old and they look in a state of shock and the older hens he with look at him like what in the world is YOUR PROBLEM