crealbilly
Songster
Are these RIR eggs fertile? They came fresh out of two sperate hens - less than 30 minutes from lay to frypan.
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Are your hens RIRs too?? If so, you're lucky cause RIRs are bred not to be broody. I think a good majority use the zip strips to leg band, just make sure there's enough room to cut it off if you need to.Awesome - I just got this young RIR roo about a month ago - for fertilizing eggs. I have a few other questions if that's OK?
I noticed two of my 17 hens have went broody over the past week and half or so and get pretty aggressive when I take eggs out from underneath them. I would like to leg mark these to hens - what's the best method for leg marking a hen? I was going to use a loose fitting zip tie - is there something better?
Also I want to see if either of these two broody hens will hatch out eggs. I would like to mark the eggs in case another hen decides to lay when the broody is up from the nest. I was thinking of using a sharpie but not sure seeing it's chemicals and all - what is good to mark eggs?
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Are your hens RIRs too?? If so, you're lucky cause RIRs are bred not to be broody. I think a good majority use the zip strips to leg band, just make sure there's enough room to cut it off if you need to.
People use sharpies all the time, I don't, I use pencil, and with broodies that gets rubbed off A LOT, but there are those that argue sharpies do not hurt the chicks.
I havnt started yet I got a mean hen to deal with plucking tail and back feathers out of the other hens. I'm trying to catch her in the act so I can have some mean chicken soupHow are things going with the hens sitting on the eggs? Did you move them, or leave them?
I havnt started yet I got a mean hen to deal with plucking tail and back feathers out of the other hens. I'm trying to catch her in the act so I can have some mean chicken soup