PaisleyChickMama
Songster
I’m trying to weigh out my options. I want a cost effective but self sustainable flock. Egg production is important and down the line I would like to have the option for meat production as well. Well I’m stuck between a rooster like a leghorn or a black Jersey giant. The rest of my hens are going to be mixed. Susssex, Orpington, whiting blue, leghorn, etc. some of these are just for eggs like the leghorn but if mixed with a Jersey giant rooster then the offspring of all of them will be larger than the hen theoretically. But also i would say my current rooster is the biggest free loader. I would hate to feed a Jersey giant and not get eggs from it. What do you guys think?
Big rooster = protection and the chick babies are good breed mix
Small rooster = less free loading because less food intake but also means less protection
Big rooster = protection and the chick babies are good breed mix
Small rooster = less free loading because less food intake but also means less protection