I have 3 RIR and 6 leghorns. Every so often I get a double yolk egg from each. I am wondering how to tell which one of the hens are laying the double yolk eggs. When I start hatching eggs I would like to get the eggs from the ones that do lay the double yolks. If it is passed on. I do not want...
Someone told me that if you always let the rooster be with the hens it will cause blood in the eggs all the time. Is this true or is the person mistaken? I have read that sometimes there may be a small amount of blood in the egg which is nothing to worry about. We now have a rooster but have...
I have been trying to figure out what breed my new rooster is. Was told by the previous owner that he is around a year old but did not know the breed. Someone else told me he was columbian rock, someone else said something else. But the tail feathers are not striped. He has a white body with...