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is a younger rooster better than an older rooster for breeding purposes?

post #1 of 2
2/12/12 at 2:04am
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my current rooster who was hatched December 2010 has not been making the eggs fertile and seems to be less interested in mating shoul i replace with a younger rooster?

My current flock, Leghorn hen, 2 Lav. Araucana hens, Welsummer rooster, Cochin/RIR hen, 3 Leghorn/Araucana hens and a big fat young Broiler/Araucana cockerel. Past chickens I have owned Araucana rooster(Got stolen), Partridge Cochin rooster(escaped),Broiler hen(yummy dinner!),RIR hen(dead from old age) and many chicks that i hatched out dead from natural cases!

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My current flock, Leghorn hen, 2 Lav. Araucana hens, Welsummer rooster, Cochin/RIR hen, 3 Leghorn/Araucana hens and a big fat young Broiler/Araucana cockerel. Past chickens I have owned Araucana rooster(Got stolen), Partridge Cochin rooster(escaped),Broiler hen(yummy dinner!),RIR hen(dead from old age) and many chicks that i hatched out dead from natural cases!

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post #2 of 2
2/12/12 at 4:39am

I much prefer a 2 or 3 year old rooster. Not a big fan of the over-zealous, incompetent young ones. That said, you may a dud, but you've have to carefully check the eggs to be sure they are infertile.  If they are?  Yes, you'll have to get another bird, if you wish to breed.

 

 

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