Quote: Thank you for the detailed answer!!!
HOw old are the girls that start in AUg and Sep? WHen do you hatch them?
Do the hens synchonize their laying and resting cycle?
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Quote: Thank you for the detailed answer!!!
HOw old are the girls that start in AUg and Sep? WHen do you hatch them?
Do the hens synchonize their laying and resting cycle?
Usually they are hatched in Feb and March through the first couple of weeks in April. I don't hatch anything after that......well...LF bucks anyway. So they are right aroung 6 months give or take a coupel weeks. No, my hens don't synchonize their cycles. Most of my hens are different based on the number of eggs they will lay per clutch. There is no ideal number; they just do what they do but if they have a good diet and are well taken care of (make sure they are too fat); they lay more eggs.Thank you for the detailed answer!!!
HOw old are the girls that start in AUg and Sep? WHen do you hatch them?
Do the hens synchonize their laying and resting cycle?
I know this sounds mean but shipping or transporting puts a great deal of stress on the young ones; especially at that age. If they are weak; its in your best interest to cull them. Especially if the others are fine. The weaker chicks are more susceptable to illnesses and you don't want them to make the others ill. losing 1 or 2 is better than losing them all.Any one have suggestions or recommendations? All the other chick seem to be doing fine. This one and the other seem to be smaller than the others.
Thanks for your assistance.
Darrell
I know this sounds mean but shipping or transporting puts a great deal of stress on the young ones; especially at that age. If they are weak; its in your best interest to cull them. Especially if the others are fine. The weaker chicks are more susceptable to illnesses and you don't want them to make the others ill. losing 1 or 2 is better than losing them all.
Quote: Double checking on your meaning here--- they should be fat? Or not fat?
lol I look closely at the eggs too.I know the cycles of my better brood hens by heart it would seem; I don't mass produce my bucks like many others do. I keep good track of my hens and what/how they do for me. I could probably tell you which hens laid eggs today.....lol.