Dark Egg Breeds Thread

[drom]

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oh. bummer. You mean roosters are all shooting blanks right now?

 

[Illia]

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oh. bummer. You mean roosters are all shooting blanks right now?

Not mine. So far my Blue Wheaten seems to be fertile, a couple Araucanas are fertile, really the only thing that the seasons are affecting is the "mood." My Ameraucanas and a few Araucanas just aren't in the mood lately. . .

 

[geebs]

that is what the light fixes... the rise in testosterone levels... I E ... the mood... Roosters are VERY fertile... 20 times that of a male human... but the mood wanes as the testosterone goes down with the sun..

 

[kathyinmo]

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Well, I never heard of that before .... BUT, it makes sense to me, because half of these eggs I have in the bator are not fertile!

 

[geebs]

give the boy a little artificial sun and he will be back on track.

It wouldn't make sense for nature to let a bunch of horny toads run around during the diestrus cycle now would it....

 

[kathyinmo]

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I can't .... or my whole barn would be lit up. I do not want the girls to have light. I will just have to wait it out.

 

[geebs]

DRAT....Put him in the bathtub with the light on???? (okay.. I guess only I would do that... )

 

[kathyinmo]

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Do you know how many roosters I have? HA .... no way!

However, there is only 2 pens that I WANT to have fertile eggs from .... hmmmm.... LOL

 

[geebs]

ya only need to put in one at a time.... and then they are good for a while.. he he... rotate!!!

And you may have to add on another bathroom...

 

[kathyinmo]

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NO WAY! I will NOT bring a rooster in the house!

Hmmmm, I have a garage though .....