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Yes, they do take awhile to start laying. I want to say 8-9 months. They come into lay pretty strong and consistent. An egg every other day on average. They lay pretty good, then just stop. And I mean stop...Then outta the blue they start again...fair consistency at best.
The roosters sometimes take their sweet time finding their stones which really threw my breeding schedule off this past year.
Once he got going, fertility was great most of the time. You could tell he had his favorite go to girl.
I had good hatches, and my girl numbers are up! So hope to have even better production really soon. I have 4 red pens set up as we speak.
The birds and feather quality really take some time. These are some slow ever evolving birds that don't really come into their own till at least a year. I am trying a couple different things this year and so far the results are promising. Right now I am kind of at an up and down time with eggs.
Folks, I would love to get some more actual bird pics up as I love sharing them. I had some up and took them down almost immediately. I was contacted privately, and found that people where using MY pics of MY Chickens to benefit themselves. I don't mind if people share my pics for pleasure and looking and admiration, but for financial benefit to sell birds that don't represent the true breed and variety was just appalling. I am trying to get a splash mark going for all my pics so if anyone has advice in that area, I am all ears.
As for eggs, please contact me privately.
I am also looking for some true, outstanding quality Rhode Island Red Rose comb bantams.
If anyone has any and wanting to trade for some standards, let me know...
Yes, they do take awhile to start laying. I want to say 8-9 months. They come into lay pretty strong and consistent. An egg every other day on average. They lay pretty good, then just stop. And I mean stop...Then outta the blue they start again...fair consistency at best.
The roosters sometimes take their sweet time finding their stones which really threw my breeding schedule off this past year.
Once he got going, fertility was great most of the time. You could tell he had his favorite go to girl.
I had good hatches, and my girl numbers are up! So hope to have even better production really soon. I have 4 red pens set up as we speak.
The birds and feather quality really take some time. These are some slow ever evolving birds that don't really come into their own till at least a year. I am trying a couple different things this year and so far the results are promising. Right now I am kind of at an up and down time with eggs.
Folks, I would love to get some more actual bird pics up as I love sharing them. I had some up and took them down almost immediately. I was contacted privately, and found that people where using MY pics of MY Chickens to benefit themselves. I don't mind if people share my pics for pleasure and looking and admiration, but for financial benefit to sell birds that don't represent the true breed and variety was just appalling. I am trying to get a splash mark going for all my pics so if anyone has advice in that area, I am all ears.
As for eggs, please contact me privately.
I am also looking for some true, outstanding quality Rhode Island Red Rose comb bantams.
If anyone has any and wanting to trade for some standards, let me know...