CooperCarolina
In the Brooder
- Aug 7, 2015
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We live on a large farm where peaches and strawberries have been our traditional cash crop for generations, but climate change has meant several years of damaged or decreased production (or even total crop loss, like this year) and so we are looking into investing in more chickens for egg production as an alternative.
Quick question: Chickens don't bloom prematurely in early March if we hit a streak of 70 degree weather do they?
Seriously, though, we have had a small coop and several birds for our own egg production for a while now so we are not inexperienced when it comes to chickens, but as we slowly expand our operation, we will be bound to have questions and we are eager to learn from the experiences of others.
BTW, the handle "Cooper" actually refers to our Great Pyrenees/Newfie mutt... the best guard dog and friend to chickens anyone could ever ask for! (He was actually born in a rooster pen!)
Quick question: Chickens don't bloom prematurely in early March if we hit a streak of 70 degree weather do they?
Seriously, though, we have had a small coop and several birds for our own egg production for a while now so we are not inexperienced when it comes to chickens, but as we slowly expand our operation, we will be bound to have questions and we are eager to learn from the experiences of others.
BTW, the handle "Cooper" actually refers to our Great Pyrenees/Newfie mutt... the best guard dog and friend to chickens anyone could ever ask for! (He was actually born in a rooster pen!)
Chickens mature at different times. Different breeds, different times. All of the sex links, and the leghorn, and a few more, tend to mature and lay early. Other breeds as the Ameraucanas and EE's tend to lay later. As early as 4 months for the sex links, as late as 10 months for the Am. and EE's..although usually around 5 to 7 months. My experience here, and talking to others. Some may have experienced different.
