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post #1 of 4
11/9/11 at 3:03pm
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I just realized a hen that I ordered is a rooster.  He is a partridge silkie and I have two other Buff Orpingtons.  Will he mate with them?? If so, are there anyways I can prevent it from happening?

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post #2 of 4
11/9/11 at 3:08pm

Keep them separated?hu

Shelly, child of God, Wife to Scott, mother to three beautiful daughters, one bunny, 15 hens and 4 baby chicks!
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Shelly, child of God, Wife to Scott, mother to three beautiful daughters, one bunny, 15 hens and 4 baby chicks!
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post #3 of 4
11/9/11 at 3:18pm

Any rooster will mate with any hen. Why do you not want him to?

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #4 of 4
11/9/11 at 5:32pm

Separate enclosures is the only way I know of or giving him away. The eggs will taste the same, fertilized or not, if that's what you are worried about.

4 white hens, 1 blue Andalusian hen, my old turkey hen, 2 australorp hens, 3 buff orp hens, 2 RIR hens, 1 black Sumatra hen, too many game hens, and 8 guinea fowl plus many many fish and shrimp.
A video of my flock

Flock eating a treat

My Cherry Shrimp
The chicken is no less complex than man :)

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4 white hens, 1 blue Andalusian hen, my old turkey hen, 2 australorp hens, 3 buff orp hens, 2 RIR hens, 1 black Sumatra hen, too many game hens, and 8 guinea fowl plus many many fish and shrimp.
A video of my flock

Flock eating a treat

My Cherry Shrimp
The chicken is no less complex than man :)

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