Is he part of the daycare with horses? But that's extremely surprising that area land is so pricey he could sale it and buy a place in the country 4 times the size but my apology I forgot there were some areas that could be used for that
Heritage lay latter production lay sooner and if your chickens are maturing in the fall or winter they will lay later because of the weather... If they were maturing in the spring it would be sooner and I was refering to all chickens in general not just rir
Mine are a mix between heritage and...
Should be no concern the other two are fatties.. Meatier birds heritage rir look like bricks so your fine if you have feed always there there really should be no cause for concern
I heard the longer they go without mating or laying the bigger they get but I don't exactly know how to "stop or delay" that
I was told this about Roos so I don't know if it works with hens too
If they are production rir then they will slow down but not completely... They could be going through molt? During molt they stop completely... Have they ever layed before? Late bloomers arnt unheard of
If you want fun get a screen or deer netting a put it somewhere they normaly go then try to pick up a non socialized chicken and watch them go running full force into the invisible force field you have put up... If you lucky like me yourll have an extra special one who thinks if he backs up and...
but to the question at hand my last hatch batch about three months ago i had two roos one was a rir and the other was i believe a possible rose comb iowa blue or something like that not entirely sure. i ended up with almost a rainbow of colored chicks red with black, black with red, all black...