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    7th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2016 Hatch-A-Long

    Sounds fun. I'm in.
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    I have George in a tractor with 3 girls and my barred (Ricky) is loose with 2 girls. Then I have 2 black pairs in smaller pens. George and Ricky used to be loose with all the girls before I got the other two pairs but one spring started they got into it and George was almost blinded by Ricky...
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    George has been trimmed as well as the girls but still no fertile eggs. He woos the girls but I've never seen him mount them since I got him last September. I thought maybe I was just missing it but after all the trimming and my other roosters proving it's not the girls I'm pretty sure it's...
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    After talking to a few show breeders of cochins and reading up on It I learned it is actually very common in show lines to have to have to AI.
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    Im thinking of trying ai with him. The hens I've bred to my 2 other roosters are fertile and developing in my incubator but George is my best rooster.
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    The outside of the eggs had blood steaks.
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    I plucked a couple of my girls but their next eggs were bloody. Now im afraid to pluck more. Im not even sure George is breeding the girls so I let them all have dates with my other 2 roosters.
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    I am not sure how old he is since I got him at auction. I have two other roosters that have produced fertile eggs including out of one of the hens now with George the rooster in having issues with. I have one chick and eggs developing in the incubator out of each of them. George's three...
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    Rooster not breeding hens?

    I'm having a problem with fertility from one of my roosters. I don't know if he isn't breeding my girls or having difficulty breeding due to plumage. My flock is bantam cochins. A cochin breeder suggested plucking or clipping plumage around the vent but I'm not sure how much I should take...
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