How old should my doe be before I breed her? I know people with goats are telling me they wait until they reach 80 lbs. My goat will never reach 80 lbs lol. My 2 year old is not 80 lbs. When should she be bred. Some are telling me 6 months seems young... 8 months or delivery by a year old...
I have Nigerian Dwarfs but this will be my frist experience on breeding them. How do I know when the female is in heat? I do see her pee in front of him, he of course sniffs it curls his lips sometimes it just goes that far sometimes he chases her. I have them penned together since they have...
Here is Elvis one of my crazy wonderful mottled houdan roo's...Super friendly..when they are all running in the yard the kids says it reminds them of being at a circus.
Yes I want to improve the breeds and/or meet the breed standards. Have culled the non-conforming ones. I have been keeping records but I love the vet wrap idea. It just does not seem that the roosters have their act's together quite yet. Ok. Then removing all my breeding hens and separating...
I just started running breeding pens for specific breeds of chickens. Everyone is young they have just begun laying in the last month or two. I am running 2 roosters for 6/7 hens. I am having poor fertility could this be they are still young? Could running 2 roosters in the same pens (they...