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KoopOnTruckin
Songster
I'm hoping they will be ready by then. Yes, we're pretty close to the equator so our daylight doesn't swing a ton. I just looked it up, our summers give us about 14 hrs daylight, and the winters shrink to no less than 10.5 hrs. And our winters are extremely mild. As this is my first year breeding chickens, I'll have to play it by ear - there's always artificial light if needed. And I'll also be using an incubator, fingers are crossed for success!That's awesome that your birds will be breeding then. Do you get roughly the same length of day light then?
Yeah your cops are a little more intimidating than ours!
More girls is never a bad thing! Might be interesting to get a few more chicks next year to see and even get different blood in?
It definitely is a shame, always is when you've ambitions for breeding. I may keep 2 quads with these and my current. One or two of my existing line aren't what I'd want tbh. I hope to breed better. Even try and source more as some English guys have access to French birds
And yes, it's never easy to see a bird struggle. I've been afraid that the smaller birds aren't getting access to feed as readily, afraid they're being bullied, etc. But if you've got a runt or one not up to par, it's good to know that from the get-go so you can keep them away from breeding.